Welcome to my review of Writers on Writing by Chip Scanlan. I have been considering writing a book for some time and have recently been reading more memoirs and learning more about the process and how one goes about writing a book. So when I found this book on Netgalley, I thought it would be a great place to learn more.
Are you hungry to be an exceptional writer? Learn from top professionals what it takes to achieve greatness.
Do you dream of your work earning renowned accolades? Are you trying to get ahead in the newsroom? Eager to level up your creative nonfiction game? Author and award-winning journalist Chip Scanlan has over five decades of experience as an accomplished craftsman. Now he’s here to share invaluable advice for achieving the career of your dreams.
Writers on Writing: Inside the lives of 55 distinguished writers and editors is an empowering collection that reveals what lies behind the visionary brains of the very best wordsmiths. Through inspiring interviews, you’ll understand the practical processes needed to conquer the demanding profession of journalism and creative nonfiction. And by applying these key tips to your own work, you’ll soon gain the skills and knowledge to stand head and shoulders above the crowd.
In Writers on Writing, you’ll discover:
- Priceless insights to improve your craft, so you can become a superstar creator
- How to refine your critical thinking to help you be in demand in your field
- The daily habits that can take you from good to outstanding
- Ways to employ power words and show your remarkable prowess in the workplace
- Methods for overcoming writer’s block, finding inspiration, and much, much more!
Writers on Writing is an essential examination of what it takes to shape language at the highest degree of exceptionalism. If you like frank and humorous examples, explorations of cutting-edge creativity, and street-smart wisdom, then you’ll love Chip Scanlan’s must-have resource.
Christopher “Chip” Scanlan is the author of “Writers on Writing: Inside the lives of 55 distinguished writers and editors,” “Writers on Writing: The Journal,” and “33 Ways Not To Screw Up Your Journalism” (forthcoming in 2022).
His books are self-published by Euclid Grove Publishing. More information can be found on his website, writersonwritingbooks.com
Chip is a writing coach and an award-winning former journalist and former director of writing programs and the National Writer’s Workshops at The Poynter Institute, one of the world’s top schools for professional journalists.
Since 1994, he has coached writers and editors around the globe.
Before becoming a self-publisher, Chip authored or edited a dozen books, including anthologies of prize-winning journalism, a novel, “The Holly Wreath Man,” (co-written with Katharine Fair), and two journalism textbooks.
His nonfiction and short stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The American Scholar, Redbook, River Teeth, Mississippi Review Online, Elysian Fields Quarterly, among numerous other publications. Two of his essays were selected as “Notables” in the annual “Best American Essays” series. He is a regular contributor to Nieman Storyboard, a global website that celebrates the art and craft of nonfiction storytelling.
Chip is a stylophile who collects vintage fountain pens from the World War II era and traveling ink holders.
He and Leo, his one-eyed Miniature Schnauzer, live in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Writers on writing isn’t like your usual writing guide, giving you thoughts and ideas on what you ‘should’ be doing. Instead, it’s a collection of 55 different takes on the process. Chip Scanlan has asked various other authors, editors and journalists to answer four questions:
- What is the most important lesson you’ve learned as a writer?
- What has been the biggest surprise of your writing life?
- If you had to use a metaphor to describe yourself as a writer, what would it be?
- What’s the best piece of writing advice anyone ever gave you?
Followed by tips for your journal (ideas of what you should or could write about).
This provides an entirely different but interesting view on writing. Each chapter is another person and is just a couple of pages long at most, so you can get through them relatively quickly and pick up some great tips. You can also quickly dip in and out of this book; you don’t have to read it in a set order.
Each person offers a different tip, opinion, or information on what they consider the keys to being a successful writer. There are some great pearls of wisdom inside, and it makes a lovely little book to pick up and flip through for some quick inspiration.
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| Title | Writers on Writing |
| Author | Chip Scanlan and Ray Hoy |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 204 Pages |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Euclid Grove Publishing |
| Release Date | 11th December 2021 |
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