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Zen in the Art of Writing

Essays on Creativity

by Ray Bradbury
Jim Frangione
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Ray Bradbury presents Zen in the Art of Writing, a collection from one of the most legendary voices in science fiction and fantasy on how his unbridled passion for creating worlds of infinite impossibilities made him a master of the craft.
Part memoir, part philosophical guide, the essays in this book teach the joy of writing. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of putting words on paper, Bradbury's zen is found in the celebration of storytelling that drove him to write every day. Imparting lessons he has learned
over the course of his exuberant career, Bradbury inspires with his infectious enthusiasm.
Bringing together eleven essays and a series of poems written with his own unique style and fervor, Zen in the Art of Writing is a must-read for all prospective writers and Bradbury fans.

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781501981173
      • File size: 112374 KB
      • Duration: 03:54:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 1, 1989
      As the title suggests, science fiction master Bradbury occasionally sounds like a Zen sage (``You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you''), but for the most part these nine lightweight, zestful essays dispense the sort of shoptalk generally associated with writers' workshops. The title piece aims to help the aspiring writer navigate between the self-consciously literary and the calculatingly commercial. Other essays deal with discovering one's imaginative self; feeding one's muse; the germination of Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine in his Illinois boyhood; a trip to Ireland; science fiction as a search for new modes of survival; and the author's stage adaptation of his classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Eight poems on creativity round out the volume; noteworthy are ``Doing Is Being'' and ``We Have Our Arts So We Won't Die of Truth.''

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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