
Writing with the Master
How One of the World’s Bestselling Authors Fixed My Book and Changed My Life
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Narrated by:
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Fred Stella
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Written by:
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Tony Vanderwarker
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With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker is astonished when John Grisham offers to take him under his wing and teach him the secrets of thriller writing. The beginning and the end are easy,” Grisham tells him. It’s the three hundred pages in the middle that’s the hard part.”
To ensure his plot doesn’t run out of gas, Grisham puts Tony though his outline process. Tony does one, and then Grisham asks for another and another and another. As they work together, Grisham reveals the techniques that have helped him create compelling bestsellers for more than two decades—for instance, “You’ve got to hook your reader in the first forty pages or you’ll lose them.” After a year of constructing outlines, Grisham finally gives Tony the go-ahead to start writing.
Writing with the Master immerses the reader in the creative process as Tony struggles to produce a successful thriller. It’s a roller coaster ride, sometimes hilarious, and often full of ups and downs. Grisham’s critiques and margin notes to Tony reveal his nimble imagination and plot development genius. For Grisham fans, Vanderwarker’s memoir pulls back the curtain on his writing secrets, and for aspiring writers, it’s a master class in thriller writing.
In the end, Tony resolves to take Grisham’s teachings to heart and eventually decides to write what he thinks he was meant to: A book about the creative process and his incredible two years working with John Grisham.
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- Arvind Passey
- 20-05-22
The details most writers overlook
It does not matter if a manuscript is rejected... it is the process of writing that masters. This book brings in John Grisham as the one who indicates this process that involves the planning and execution of every little detail. Things like handling the initial plot, the chapter divisions, the need to link action, getting rid of common grammatical errors, revision... and of course, the patience that every writer must have. Loved this book. - Arvind Passey - Blog: www.passey.info
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