The world's best contemporary writers--from Michael Chabon and
Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan--engage in a
wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion
on the art of writing fiction
Drawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing
novels, "The Secret Miracle" brings together the foremost
practitioners of the craft to discuss how they write. Paul Auster,
Roddy Doyle, Allegra Goodman, Aleksandar Hemon, Mario Vargas Llosa,
Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Haruki Murakami, George Pelecanos, Gary
Shteyngart, and others take us step by step through the alchemy of
writing fiction, answering everything from nuts-and-bolts
queries--"Do you outline?"--to perennial questions posed by writers
and readers alike: "What makes a character compelling?"
From Stephen King's deadpan distinction between novels and short
stories ("Novels are longer and have more s**t in them") to Colm
Toibin's anti-romanticized take on his characters ("They are just
words") to Jose Manuel Prieto's mature perspective on the anxieties
of influence ("Influences are felt or weigh you down more when
young"), every page contains insights found nowhere else.
With honesty, humor, and elegance, "The Secret Miracle" gives
both aspiring writers and lovers of literature a master class in
the art of writing.
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