The Art of Nonfiction, Ayn Rand
The Art of Nonfiction, Ayn Rand
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The Art of Nonfiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers

Author: Ayn Rand

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

Rands lectures take listeners step by step through the writing process. From preparing an outline to polishing a draft to mastering an individual writing style, this crucial resource introduces the ideas of one of our most enduring authors to a new generation.

About Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on December 01, 2014

The first part was interesting, but it was also repetitive due to the editing. As a series of lectures a couple of weeks apart, the redundancy was probably helpful. Unfortunately, the editor was a true believer & didn't want me to miss a single gem of her wisdom. (I wonder if her adherents ever see......more

Goodreads review by Anna on September 03, 2014

Great book! I recommend it for writers and those learning to write. Another great one is The Art of Fiction, by the same author. This book complements Writing and Thinking, by Steadman and Foerster and The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, as it teaches a rational approach to writing and style.......more

Goodreads review by Ilyn on August 29, 2009

Ayn said that what one needs for nonfiction writing is what is needed for life in general: an orderly method of thinking. Writing, she said, is literally only the skill of putting down on paper a clear thought, in clear terms. She discussed subject and theme, creating an outline, writing the draft, f......more

Goodreads review by Nuruddin on January 27, 2025

Buku ini merupakan koleksi syarahan Ayn Rand yang dibukukan. Ia disusun mengikut tema dari bab memilih subjek, membentuk kerangka (outline) penulisan, mengaplikasikan falsafah tanpa berceramah mengenainya, proses penyuntingan sehinggalah kepada proses menulis buku, menulis ulasan buku, mencari idea......more

Goodreads review by Brian on November 25, 2020

In this slim volume we have a fair presentation of Rand's personal advice to writing colleagues, as given in a series of 1969 meetings. She disposes of writers' block, self-doubt, self-censorship, and muddled thought as someone with long experience in facing these goblins. Of course her program is c......more