In this brilliantly imagined book, author Danell Jones mines the diaries, essays, correspondence, and fiction of a literary legend to create an unf...
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Jan 30, 2011
Dominic
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As a writer and a English teacher, I have read many instructional texts on the art of writing. Some of these are outstanding, but most I end up at least enjoying. But The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop could possibly be one of the very best.
The book begins as a delightful premise: What if the daring innovator Virginia Woolf could speak to us today? What sage advice would s/he give aspiring writers? (As I read, I couldn't help but imagine what Whitman would teach, what Eliot, what More...
The book begins as a delightful premise: What if the daring innovator Virginia Woolf could speak to us today? What sage advice would s/he give aspiring writers? (As I read, I couldn't help but imagine what Whitman would teach, what Eliot, what More...
Jan 25, 2010
Ariestess
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Fantastic book! Riddled with quotes from Woolf and several writing sparks that will prove quite useful to just about any writer, regardless of their level of expertise. I probably finished this in bits and pieces over the course of 3 days. I'll be using this book often for reference materials...
Oct 09, 2009
Patricia
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this was a really neat concept: how would virginia woolf conduct a modern-day writer's workshop. it is a fictionalized scenario using much of woolf's wisdom and many witticisms on writing and the profession of writing.
Oct 19, 2010
Julia
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Great information and things to think about and practice. Use some of the information for my writers group.
Jul 08, 2010
My review of this clever book appeared in the July 2008 issue of The Writer magazine.
Feb 02, 2009
Abby
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This is written as if Woolf is teaching a writing workshop to modern-day students. Jones did a great job of weaving together things that Woolf actually said/wrote and creating a plausible and helpful advice for writers. A great read, quick and fun. A great insight into the more cheerful side of Woolf and wonderful advice for writers. Also tons of writing prompts at the end of each chapter.
Mar 23, 2008
Theresa
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This book was a really fun and inspiring book about writing. After studying Virginia Woolf's essays, diaries, biographies, etc., she wrote this book as if VW was giving a series of lectures on writing to a group of students, using actual quotes and ideas about writing that VW had expressed. There's lots of documentation in the back of the book, so you can go look up the sources yourself. I loved it, and thought she did a good job of capturing what I perceive to be VW's voice and style. My on
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May 07, 2010
Neva
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Absolutely wonderful mix of quotes in a way that creates a writer's workshop. Useful exercises. A Multiple Read book.
Sep 01, 2008
Trisha
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Absolutely delightful! Solid,useful advice, and I may quite possibly love Virginia even more now.
May 13, 2009
Traci
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The reading portion of the book was just okay, but the writing prompts are great.
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