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Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“Okay, one book is a book I just finished called A Whole Life by Robert Seathaler. And he's an Austrian writer. I'm just so amazed at how he can make a singular human existence over the course of like 200 pages.”
Why: It beautifully and expansively portrays how humble lives are special in their own ways.
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Guest on How I WriteR.F. Kuang: Meet The Writer Who Sold Millions of Books Before 30 | How I Write
“I learned this attitude from a book called Several Very Short Sentences I'm Writing by Verlin Klinkenborg. And he basically debunks this assumption of genius or flow that a lot of us carry into not just writing, but all art forms…”
Why: It debunks the assumption of genius or flow and argues that good writing requires hard, conscious effort rather than easy inspiration.
Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg
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