A Writer's Diary
Book description
An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years.
Included are entries that refer to her own writing, and those that are relevant to the raw material of her work, and, finally, comments on the…
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I dip into my well-thumbed edition of this inspiring book every so often, but in 2003, I was reading from it daily as it led me by the hand through the ups and downs of my own creations as I tackled a new novel.
I matched the months and seasons in which I was writing with hers and found it exhilarating to discover what she was thinking on the same day as me, even if removed by years. Virginia is like a wise aunt who has seen it all and knows it all and imparts honest and perceptive insights into…
This book became a kind of hymnal for me during the writing of Love and Fury. It was Virginia Woolf who in 1929 resurrected Mary Wollstonecraft’s reputation and legacy, buried for a century because a tell-all memoir written by her widower, William Godwin, scandalized the world. It seemed natural to turn to Woolf, who found inspiration in Wollstonecraft’s “experiments in living”. I read a section of the diary every day before I started to write. Woolf’s profound creative visions, her anguish, and passions, her voice, helped me locate Wollstonecraft and my own voice in hers.
From Samantha's list on Wollstonecraft.
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