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Consider This
- Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
- Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk, Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Renowned, best-selling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling.
In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, best-selling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing.
With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more.
Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider This is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
What the critics say
"A book for those who want to learn to write dangerously, or perhaps just learn about the man who pioneered 'dangerous writing.' [It'll] inspire you try take a stab at telling your story." (Booktrib)
"This book from Palahniuk is insightful." (Dallas Morning News)
"Tried-and-true practical advice for aspiring writers." (USA Today)
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- Daniell T.
- 2022-06-09
Finally, a Book on Writing that's Actually Useful
Every book about creative writing that I've personally read has been decent motivation, and some interesting advice, but almost never has it deeply changed my approach, thought process, or writing process.
Maybe it affected a technique or specific area positively, but only marginally. Usually that's all it even attempts. Most books on writing aren't systematic at all, it's just a bunch of individual chapters with individual "tips."
Well, this book is a little different. I still have yet to find the book on writing which affects my work more than just reading great literature, but this is among the best attempts. About a third of the book is like others, just tips that don't change much. Another third are really interesting ideas that, if applied, will really change and improve your fiction. I was very impressed.
The final third are snapshot stories from Paluhniuk's life. All of them are interesting, and they act as good examples of his writing approach come to life. Only drawback of this book, other than the third of it which is just "meh" advice, is that Chuck is a bit of a shock jock, and so his examples can get a little explicit. User discretion is advised.
Regardless, an above average book on fiction writing.
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- The Hair Splitter
- 2020-12-28
Very Satisfying for Fans
I have listened to this audiobook numerous times over the last year. It offers practical advice for any creative person as well as the kind of insane, darkly comical stories that you can always find in Palahniuk's work, all wrapped up in the punchy, journalistic prose that he is known for. The aforementioned crazy stories are well balanced with plenty of beautiful writing describing the author's open perspective and generally positive approach to life. All of this is to say nothing of Edoardo Ballerini delivering clean and expressive narration which is well matched to the material.
If you need some inspiration and you welcome some gory details then this book will please you.
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- elle
- 2020-02-07
I wish I were your student.
Some people like to watch cooking shows although they don't cook. I like to read writing books although I don't write. I've read/listened to a number of books, courses, and essays on writing and being a writer. I'll admit I've never read anything of Chuck Palahniuk's, but I couldn't resist downloading this book anyway. And I'm really glad that I did.
The nuggets of wisdom (I don't know what else to call them - tips? tricks? lessons?) provided in this book are great. I hadn't thought of, or heard of some of them before, which is quite rare if you read these types of books often. Many of them made me think about what I've read, or want to re-watch movies or re-read books to find more examples of what Chuck is talking about.
I don't want to drag this review on, I only want to say that if you're a fan of Mr. Palahniuk, then I'm sure you'll enjoy his writing style, humour, biographical stories and other pearls in this book too. If you're not a fan of the author but consider yourself a writer (or a would-be writer), definitely listen to this - there's some great stuff.
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- eyiyemi Ayadi
- 2022-06-14
Held me in it's Grip.... a masterful work from a g
A masterful work from someone who has put in the work over the years... I highly recommend it
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