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Jonathan Franzen's Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

In 2010, inspired to Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing, The Guardian asked some of the world’s most respected writers to share their best tips for writing fiction. Here’s the list American novelist and essayist Jonathan…

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Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It (Published 2018)

The internet has turned on him, his book sales are down and the TV adaptation of his last novel has stalled. But he wants you to know one thing: He’s not even angry.

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Jonathan Franzen Thinks People Can Change

Even if, as his book Crossroads suggests, it’s nearly impossible to make it stick.

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Jonathan Franzen's 'Crossroads' Might Be the Least Fashionable Book of the Year. So Why Is It so Hard to Resist?

Twenty years after 'The Corrections', the author’s latest novel is the first in a trilogy about the travails of a white middle-class family in the Midwest

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Is ‘The Marriage Plot’ by Jeffrey Eugenides Based in Reality? -- New York Magazine Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, New York Magazine, People Faces, Person Of Interest, Books Writing, Writing Life, Printed Pages, Big Picture

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Is ‘The Marriage Plot’ by Jeffrey Eugenides Based in Reality? -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Jeffrey Eugenides insists his new novel is not a roman à clef. But it might have been: The writers of his generation had youths tangled enough for ten novels.

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Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads,’ a Mellow, ’70s-Era Heartbreaker That Starts a Trilogy (Published 2021)

In Franzen’s new novel, the members of a suburban Chicago family headed by a pastor confront crises of faith and morality.

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Good Neighbors by Jonathan Franzen

Walter and Patty Berglund were the young pioneers of Ramsey Hill—the first college grads to buy a house on Barrier Street since the old h...

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Review: ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen’s Most Intimate Novel Yet (Published 2015)

This is Mr. Franzen’s most fleet-footed, least self-conscious and most intimate novel yet.

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This is a collection of essays Franzen has had published over the years. After I searched online for the original of more than a few of these essays to forward to a friend, I decided I might as well go ahead and just purchase this book. Jonathan Franzen ... you are my writing hero. Supermax Prison, In Sympathy, Don Delillo, Jonathan Franzen, Finishing School, Essayist, National Book Award, Short Fiction, List Of Books

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How to Be Alone

Read 1,047 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. From the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections, a collection of essays t…

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Jonathan Franzen was mocked for sharing his writing tips. Me? I’m all ears

These tips invariably say a lot more about the author than they do about writing

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Jonathan Franzen, The Art of Fiction No. 207

“When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a ‘good writer.’ Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted, although this doesn’t mean I always write well.”

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Jonathan Franzen is also the author of Freedom and the essay collection How To Be Alone. Jonathan Franzen On Writing: It's An 'Escape From Everything' Jonathan Franzen, Big Books, Historical People, Fantasy Land, Writing Life, Book Authors, Favorite Books, I Love Him, A Dream

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Jonathan Franzen On Writing: It's An 'Escape From Everything'

The author of The Corrections and the new novel Purity likens writing to losing himself in a dream. "When it's really going well ... you're in a fantasy land and feeling no pain," he says.

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Purity by Jonathan Franzen | Waterstones

Buy Purity by Jonathan Franzen from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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How to Be Alone: Essays

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Suspended – Medium

Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections, a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew…

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