826 National’s latest publication, The Secret Miracle: The Novelist’s Handbook is a compilation of interviews about the craft of writing, straight from the minds of today’s most notable authors. Edited by Daniel Alarcón, the interviews delve into what ideas float around in authors’ minds before they become full drafts. The book features advice from Amy Tan, Curtis Sittenfeld, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, and others as they tackle simple questions ranging from whether or not they outline to the more complex, age-old question of What makes a character compelling?
From the mysterious mind of Stephen King to the hilarious and absurd Gary Schteyngart, The Secret Miracle provides answers to a wide range of questions—What do you read before/during the writing of a novel? Are you always a novelist? Are you able to turn it off?—with funny, serious, simple, blunt, and beautiful advice that demystifies the art of writing.
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