Language Learning: Writing Skills

Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author. Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of...

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft blends memoir, practical advice, and reflection to explore Stephen King’s life as a writer and his approach to storytelling. Drawing from his childhood, early struggles, years teaching and working low-paying jobs, and eventual success as a novelist, King recounts...

“Writing is spooky,” according to Norman Mailer. “There is no routine of an office to keep you going, only the blank page each morning, and you never know where your words are coming from, those divine words.” In The Spooky Art, Mailer discusses with signature candor the rewards and trials of the...