Write zealously, edit briskly

The journalist and creator of the Telegram channel "Hemingway will call, Yegor Appolonov understands the anatomy of creativity in his book, addressing the experience of outstanding classics and writers of our time - Umberto Eco, Alexei Ivanov, John Stainbek, Neil Gaiman, Alexei Salnikova, Maya Kucherskaya, Kormak McCarti Margaret Etwood, Victor Pelevin, James Patterson, Evgeny Vodolazkin and many others.
In the first part of the book you have to go the "Way of the writer": from creating a novel to his publication. Where to start work, how to overcome the writer"s block, where to take ideas, topics, convincing characters and how to find your own style. You will learn about the pitfalls of Samizdat and the features of working with the publishing house. The second part of the book is dialogues about crafts with famous writers, in which they share their fears and doubts, advice and secrets of skill.
And remember that not a single book will teach you how to be a writer, but by reading this book and analyzing the experience of great writers, you may understand how to become