Here’s the second part of John’s little talk on writing, date and place of delivery unknown. He was, by the way, influenced by Jack Woodford’s 1933 book Trial and Error, a blunt, unsentimental guide to commercial writing. He once told me it had saved him a lot of time.
October 27, 2014
October 17, 2014
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I always enjoy reading what John had to say about writing. Here’s a short talk he gave on the subject; it seems to be from the ’50s. I’ll give half of it here; the second half will follow.