Shoptalk: Learning to Write with Writers

by Donald M. Murray

Both practicing and would-be writers are endlessly fascinated by what other writers have to say about the demands of their craft and their own methods of writing. In Shoptalk , Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Murray has collected quotations from over 450 classic and contemporary writers that reveal the myriad stages writers pass through to completion of a work. But this is more than a book of quotations; Murray has organized the writers' testimony into sixteen thematic categories and provided introductory essays that offer his own point of view and experiences to give direction and framework to the collection.

207 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Donald Morison Murray

Reviews

[Doni · Rating 2 out of 5]

This works better as a reference rather than reading it straight through, as I did. I learned from this book that I am no longer a writer.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quotations by writers about writing. When I need inspiration, I read this. Organized by various topics of interest to writers such as "The Beginning Line".