The Authors Craft, Arnold Bennett
The Authors Craft, Arnold Bennett
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The Author's Craft
A rumination on the kind of person that becomes an author

Author: Arnold Bennett

Narrator: Charles Featherstone

Unabridged: 2 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2024


Synopsis

Why do we write? What does it mean to be a writer?
This book contains no useful tips on grammar, style, or plot. Instead, it focuses on the observation and perspective that is needed to be a good writer - on the fact that writing is an expression of the art of living. A lovely journey through a very Edwardian world.
Covers Writing novels and plays, dealing with the public, and most importantly, the seeing of life.

About Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett was a prolific English novelist and leading realist author during the early twentieth century. In addition to his fictional work, he also wrote selected nonfiction and criticism, including his insightful book How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Uddipta on June 18, 2014

its quite interesting.. short story......more

Goodreads review by Wilbur on May 30, 2014

Interesting book. The section on real observation was wonderful, as was his section on the relationship of the author to the public.......more

Goodreads review by James on January 05, 2017

The role of the artist is to be an observer in an active way, not passive; not gathering a considerable number of data, but collecting and interrelating imaginative patterns. Author's become so excited by what they observe in life, they must share the story of intense vision and recognition of beaut......more

Goodreads review by Mwansa on October 26, 2021

Interesting book, and most likely for reasons the author would not like. Bennet clearly rejects the idea of God and yet grounds the craft of the author (who he shapes as the artist) in the garments of truth and beauty. His main criticism of the author/artist is when they deviate from what is true as......more