Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style

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Very good book in terms of content and layout (paperback). Paperback is of good quality paper, 432pp. Open the book anywhere and you're hooked. Kindle edition is nicely illustrated.

Pity the reader is a how-to-write manual using novel and short storyquotes as well as casual conversations, class room banter and bullet point guidelines. For more information on suzanne mcconnell, visit suzanne. Mcconnell.

Author is a former student of kv in the mid-60s in iowa. The prose has the feel of a spiritual conversation between mcconnell, vonnegut, and the reader. This book explores kv's own observations and those of others about his own work and writing in gen... Read More

Cons

Pity the reader is a misleading book that takes advantage of vonnegut's name. The true writer of this is suzanne mcconnell, a wordy and emotional person. If nothing else, suzanne mcconnell should be listed as the first author.

I pity any neophyte writers who are looking to one of the greats of american literature for any sage advice. Reading this book felt like watching one of those clip compilation episodes of sitcoms. I understand the man is dead and shouldn't expect much... Read More

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Embrace the designations within which your work seems to fall cleave to those with which you have an affinity and thereby empower yourself

The attentive reader will find many useful writing tips and will also come away with ideas about how to become a more authentic... Read More

”pared to the bone kurt vonnegut’s prescription for writers is to live untethered write if you must revise like hell and don’t ... Read More

If you write love vonnegut or both youll unearth diamonds on practically every page tidbits about the novels his simplistic sty... Read More

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But as a vonnegut superfan i did find it enjoyable much more so than some of the other posthumous books and there is definitely... Read More

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This product had a total of 518 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 23 2024.