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How to Be a Writer

Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors, and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft
By John Birmingham
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How to Be a Writer is a practical, no-nonsense guide to writing by John Birmingham. It offers advice on overcoming writer's block, managing workflow, boosting productivity to write up to 10,000 words a day, and the best apps for writers. With a tough-love style directed at the internet generation, Birmingham shares real-world insights to help writers become professional and potentially earn a living from their craft.
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Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.

This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent.

Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is workflow?', 'How to write 10,000 words in a day' and 'The best apps for writers'.

How to Be a Writer is a kick-arse writing guide with a tough-love approach, written for the internet generation. John Birmingham is lauded as a prolific writer working across multiple genres. Here he shares his secrets. And some hard-core, real-world practical advice. And a few excellent descriptions of explosions.

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ISBN: 9781742234847

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 268g

Pages: 196

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About the Author

John Birmingham is a journalist, Fairfax columnist, blogger, prolific tweeter and author of two Quarterly Essays, a number of books of fiction, non-fiction and memoir. These include He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco, Leviathan: The unauthorised biography of Sydney and the Axis of Time series of thrillers, the How to Be a Writer: Disappearance series and the Dave Hooper trilogy.

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