Advice To A Young Man
January, 1964
Advice to a Young ManYoung men (and women) come to me for advice about their writing problems and their love affairs. I try to be generous and kindhearted about my advice."Good Advice sometimes comes too late.We do not Find the deep truths of life: they find us.On the Art of WritingWriting Plain English is hard work.No one ever learned literature from a textbook.I have never taken a course in writing. I learned to write naturally and on my own.I did not succeed by accident; I succeeded by p...