The Art of Nonfiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers

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

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

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

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

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