How to Be a Writer

Name: How to Be a Writer
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ruskin Bond
ISBN: 9789354222122

Author: Ruskin Bond, Shubhankar

Narrator: Shubhankar

Unabridged: 1 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Children's

Published: 04/07/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

'Writing for me is the simplest and greatest pleasure in the world.' How to be a Writer is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for every person who is aspiring to write and be published, all told in Ruskin Bond's characteristic understated, tongue-in-cheek, humorous style.So, what is it that a person requires the most to become a writer? A love of books, of language, of life, an observant eye and a good memory along with enthusiasm, optimism and persistence.This book is an exclusive glimpse into the writing credo of Ruskin Bond, an author who has had an incredibly successful writing career spanning over seventy years.

About Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond is one of India's most well-known writers. Born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun and Shimla. In the course of a writing career spanning over seventy years, he has published over a hundred books, including short-story collections, poetry, novels, essays, memoirs and journals, edited anthologies and books for children. The Room on the Roof was his first novel, written when he was seventeen. It received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has also received many other awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Many of his stories and novellas including The Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Susanna's Seven Husbands have been adapted into films.Ruskin lives in Landour, Mussoorie. His other books with HarperCollins include These are a Few of My Favourite Things, Koki's Song, How to Be a Writer, The Enchanted Cottage and How to Live Your Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brianda on February 26, 2020

This was really good. I think this was a brilliant idea and I loved learning about all these people's lives.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on July 01, 2016

One of the best books for writers out there. I kept saying to myself, "This is so me!"......more

Goodreads review by MichaelK on August 18, 2017

A fairly interesting and entertaining collection of interviews about living as a writer. The interviewees are varied: Jon Ronson, Caitlin Moran, Dennis Kelly (writer of the Channel 4 'Utopia' TV series), Emma Donoghue, journalists, comedians, an accountant, and a literary agent. The interviews are v......more

Goodreads review by Jonny on December 18, 2023

Some interviews (agents, accountants) are a bit Behind The Music by necessity, but the interviewees open up to David, a friend and colleague, and there is tons of information for young and old writers. Perhaps the limitations of the format (the writer's day) occludes better conversations but sometim......more

Goodreads review by Antony on April 08, 2018

How to be (not how to do) and all the better for it A lovely set of interviews and insights from David Quantico and a selection of very different writers. Very much about the practicalities and the weird, abstract puzzles of what it is to be a writer.......more