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▼Tags ▼LibraryThing Recommendations None Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Showing 1-5 of 8 (next | show all) Well-written description of her life as an author and her advice to aspiring authors. ( ) quiBee | Jan 21, 2016 | Loved this. Wise, generous, funny and enormously encouraging. Like a much-needed pep talk from a trusted friend. Writing a novel? I can't see how you could fail to benefit from reading this. ( ) Melanielgarrett | Apr 2, 2013 | A quick read, [b:The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life|12471186|The Getaway Car A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life|Ann Patchett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327959429s/12471186.jpg|17455290] is [a:Ann Patchett|2531|Ann Patchett|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1305862228p2/2531.jpg]'s addition to the 'How I Write' niche, and she handles the topic the topic nicely and neatly. Those looking for shortcuts to writing fame should probably continue their search elsewhere; Patchett is practical and blunt, and her advice applies to pretty much any writing endeavor (fiction, non-fiction, commercial). Sit down and write, and if you can't do that, then just sit there until you do. She described the writing fellowship that largely launched her career (envious), and the steps she took later when her writing life was complicated by interviews, travel and other trappings of a 'successful' writer. In one instance, she simply committed to writing an hour a day every day for a month, and because it worked so well, she kept doing it: '...but it also worked because my life had gotten so complicated and I needed a simple set of rules.' A short, interesting read, it's a quick, interesting glimpse into yet another writer's life, the details of which are remarkably similar to the lives of other working writers, but still intriguing. ( ) TCWriter | Mar 31, 2013 | Nice straight forward advice from Ann Patchett's own experience as a writer. It made me think... ( ) heaward | Oct 19, 2012 | Ann Patchett tells her writing inspirations, habits, refusal to be superstitious about said habits, etc. It's inspirational, humble, amusing. ( ) mthelibrarian | Mar 10, 2012 | Showing 1-5 of 8 (next | show all) ▼Published reviews ▼Common Knowledge
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (1)'The journey from the head to the hand is perilous and lined with bodies. It is the road on which nearly everyone who wants to write-and many of the people who do write-get lost.'So writes Ann Patchett in 'The Getaway Car,' a wry, wisdom-packed memoir of her life as a writer. Here, for the first time, one of America's most celebrated authors ('State of Wonder,' 'Bel Canto,' 'Truth and Beauty'), talks at length about her literary career-the highs and the lows-and shares advice on the craft and art of writing. In this fascinating look at the development of a novelist, we meet Patchett's mentors (Allan Gurganas, Grace Paley, Russell Banks), see where she made wrong turns (poetry), and learn how she gets the pages written (an unromantic process of pure hard work). Woven through engaging anecdotes from Patchett's life are lessons about writing that offer an inside peek into the storytelling process and provide a blueprint for anyone wanting to give writing a serious try. The bestselling author gives pointers on everything from finding ideas to constructing a plot to combating writer's block. More than that, she conveys the joys and rewards of a life spent reading and writing. 'What I like about the job of being a novelist, and at the same time what I find so exhausting about it, is that it's the closest thing to being God that you're ever going to get,' she writes. 'All of the decisions are yours. You decide when the sun comes up. You decide who gets to fall in love...'In this Byliner Original, 'The Getaway Car' is a delightful autobiography-cum-user's guide that appeals to both aspiring writers and anyone who loves a great story.ABOUT THE AUTHORAnn Patchett is the author of eight books, including 'Bel Canto,' which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, England's Orange Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Her most recent novel, 'State of Wonder,' is a 'New York Times' bestseller. She is working on a collection of essays. No library descriptions found. ▼LibraryThing members' description
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In this Byliner Original, “The Getaway Car” is a delightful autobiography-cum-user’s guide that appeals to both aspiring writers and anyone who loves a great story. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ann Patchett is the author of eight books, including “Bel Canto,” which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, England’s Orange Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year and has been translated into more than thirty languages. The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life. 4.17 Rating details 1,903 ratings 255 reviews. “The journey from the head to the hand is.
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- Ann Patchett, the thrice-nominated and once-winner of the Orange Prize, turns her hand to memoir-writing for her latest release, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. With entertaining and moving stories on everything from her tumultuous childhood and the excitement of selling her first book through to her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage, the memoir.
- So writes Ann Patchett in 'The Getaway Car', a wry, wisdom-packed memoir of her life as a writer. Here, for the first time, one of America’s most celebrated authors ('State of Wonder', 'Bel Canto', 'Truth and Beauty'), talks at length about her literary career—the highs and the lows—and shares advice on the craft and art of writing.
It is the road on which nearly everyone who wants to write—and many of the people who do write—get lost. More than that, she conveys the joys and rewards of a life spent reading and writing. You decide when the sun comes up. You decide who gets to fall in love Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read.
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The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living. My short stories and novels have always filled my life with meaning, but, at least in the first decade of my career, they were no more capable of supporting me than my dog was.
Byliner Originals, 51 pages. Banks The Sweet Hereafter taught her to delve deep in her fiction, rather than rely on her cleverness. From Gurganus she learned that a writer must practice, i. We must get all of them out of our system in order to find the good stories that may or may not exist in the fresh water underneath. But, ever the consummate storyteller, she shares plenty of fresh advice in her accessible, witty style.
How lucky I just got a kindle for Christmas and could put it into use for the first time. On some 50 pages Ann Patchett combines memoir with some advice that is useful to anyone who has ever thought of writing or who was interested in the process of writing. There were a few elements in this book that I would like to mention, still, the take home message from this post should be — go and read it for yourself. Ann Patchett writes about those wonderful pictures we have in our mind and as soon as we start to write them down, they start to look pale. Like pierced butterflies in display cases. What we need in order to over come the disappointment of not being able to capture our own images is forgiveness.
Ann Patchett, the thrice-nominated and once-winner of the Orange Prize, turns her hand to memoir-writing for her latest release, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. With entertaining and moving stories on everything from her tumultuous childhood and the excitement of selling her first book through to her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage, the memoir overflows with close observation, emotional wisdom, wit, honesty and irresistible warmth. Here, in this inspiring and stirring extract from her essay ' The Getaway Car, ' Ann tells us why to reach the art, we must first master the craft Chances are, any child who stays with an instrument for more than two weeks has some adult making her practice, and any child who sticks with it longer than that does so because she understands that practice makes her play better and that there is a deep, soul-satisfying pleasure in improvement. The art of writing comes way down the line, as does the art of interpreting Bach. Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing.
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