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A review by caitlin_89
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
1.0
Yawn.
I've never read Annie Dillard, but based on how she writes about herself writing, I don't think I want to. Her quote on the cover about a work-in-progress becoming an untamed lion as soon as you leave it alone for more than a day or two was brilliant and vibrant and funny and struck a nerve that made me want to read the whole book, except... that was the best bit.
The rest of the book was philosophical poetry about what a tedious, soul-sucking drag it is to be compelled to build sentence after sentence in the name of some nebulous art.
Tldr: "Sucks to be a writer, but some of us who are blessed with good taste and true intelligence and the passion for consuming literature must be cursed with the burden of adding more art to the world that maybe no one will care about." - A.D.
Boo.
I've never read Annie Dillard, but based on how she writes about herself writing, I don't think I want to. Her quote on the cover about a work-in-progress becoming an untamed lion as soon as you leave it alone for more than a day or two was brilliant and vibrant and funny and struck a nerve that made me want to read the whole book, except... that was the best bit.
The rest of the book was philosophical poetry about what a tedious, soul-sucking drag it is to be compelled to build sentence after sentence in the name of some nebulous art.
Tldr: "Sucks to be a writer, but some of us who are blessed with good taste and true intelligence and the passion for consuming literature must be cursed with the burden of adding more art to the world that maybe no one will care about." - A.D.
Boo.