Vonnegut, over time, has developed a very defined writing style. His writing works are similar in many ways. ... One characteristic, however, stays very consistent in his writing, and that is the fact that he includes his life experiences and philosophies in his writing. ... Vonnegut went to public high school, unlike his two older siblings, and there gained early writing experience writing for the high school's daily paper. ... Vonnegut used this novel to tell, in a creative way, the details of his own life during this time. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He tired his hand at writing during his travels, but his scribblings didn't include events as familiar as his Western heritage (Hall). ... Louis L"Amour was one of the most popular writers in the world and stressed the fact he had never taken a creative writing course, and that his post tenth grade education had been earned from voluminous reading. ... In 1951, writing as Tex Burns, L"Amour published his first western novels. ... His fans not only gave him an idea of what they thought of his writing, but also what they were interested in, and what their ideas were. ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

While working as an editor and a writer for The United States Information Service and The Manila Times Magazine in Manila, Jose also engaged in writing short stories and eventually novels. ... Sionil Jose at the forefront of Philippine writing in English. ... He has been awarded numerous fellowships and awards such as bestowed the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999; the Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for Literature in 1988 and most notable being the 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative communication Arts, the most prestigious award of its kind in Asia. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Though she is highly creative, she has not achieved that level of maturity to temper her ability within reason. ... This is a turning point for this character and prepares her to move toward the eventuality of her life's work: writing. ... The reader learns early on that for whatever reason, possibly the dysfunctional family,Briony seems only to understand her world through the pages of her stories, Though she sets aside her writing for a time, it becomes in veritable that she will one day return to it. ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Lawrence is a writer who excites great passions - which is entirely appropriate, since that is how he wrote. He is the first really great writer to come from the (more or less) working class, and much of his work deals with issues of class, as well as other fundamentals such as the relationships bet...

• Word Count: 1985
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A quote on the back of the book from John Updike can also give us insight to how respected his name was by other literary geniuses, "I'd never seen writing quite like this before, writing so precise and witty, and so full of little surprises," (Updike, Of John Updike and Vladimir Nabokov). ... It is a great fairy tale in a world Nabokov has created and constructed through his talent for good writing. ...

• Word Count: 2449
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography