The Making of a Writer, Volume 2: Journals, 1963-1969

by Gail Godwin, Rob Neufeld (Editor)

As a young woman and aspiring author, Gail Godwin kept a detailed journal of her hopes and dreams, her love affairs, daily struggles, and small triumphs, as she yearned for the day when she would finally become a published writer. At the urging of her friend Joyce Carol Oates. Godwin has distilled these early journals into two books. This second and final volume opens in London in 1963 and concludes with the triumphant sale of Godwin's first novel in 1969.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing

336 pages, Hardcover

First published December 22, 2010

About the author

Gail Kathleen Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. She has published one non-fiction work, two collections of short stories, and eleven novels, three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List.

Godwin's body of work has garnered many honors, including three National Book Award nominations, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list.
Godwin lives and writes in Woodstock, New York.

Reviews

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find this quite as engrossing as the first volume, for some reason.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

writers!! A very read, Interesting timeline setting...

[Ruth]

Honestly, I skimmed some of this. It's a lot of the same.