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Always Take Notes
Advice from some of the world's greatest writers
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Ideal for aspiring authors, creative writers, and anyone passionate about the craft of writing seeking motivation and practical advice from established literary figures.
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way.
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Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing?
For over five years, the hosts of Always Take Notes podcast have posed their nosiest questions to some of the world's greatest writers. The result is a compendium of frank and frequently entertaining guidance for living a creative life.
From the early failures that shaped them to the daily challenges of writing and the habits that keep them on track, literary luminaries of all genres offer guidance to inspire.
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Joe Moran, author of First You Write A Sentence, finds it "both fascinating and useful" for serious writers. Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Write It All Down, calls it "inspiring and very useful". Kate Mosse, author of the Languedoc Trilogy, describes it as "a very lovely book" for anyone interested in the writer's life.
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ISBN: 9781804183182
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bonnier Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 164.0mm
Height: 243.0mm
Weight: 486g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Simon Akam is the co-host of Always Take notes and author of The Changing of the Guard: the British Army since 9/11. He is a contributing writer for the Economist's 1843 magazine, and his journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, the Atlantic and more.
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