Lorrie Moore's How To Become A Writer
ENGL 1020 EH3
4 November 2013
How to Become a Writer My goal in this essay is to discuss the lives of world-renouned writers as they relate to Lorrie Moore’s “How to Become a Writer”. Lorrie Moore is an English professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1985, her collection of stories titled “Self Help” was published. “How to Become a Writer” is one of many included stories (Literature, 144). Nicknamed "Lorrie" by her parents, she was born with the name Marie Lorena Moore in 1957 in Glens Falls, New York. Her passion for writing sprang from her academic success. She sprang ahead in school and graduated from St. Lawrence University. She has been writing since the 1980s (pshares.org). “How to Become a Writer” is a second …show more content…
He gained a love for literature from his mother, who was interested in the arts. In high school, Steinbeck decided he wanted to be a writer. He moved to New York in 1925 to work on his first novel, Cup of Gold. It was a slightly unsuccessful attempt at a romance. I imagine that he felt a tad discouraged and frustrated at its unsuccessfulness. Regardless, Steinbeck returned to his home in California to focus on writing serious fiction. From 1932 until 1939, he continued writing. Among his published works were The Pastures of Heaven (1932), To a God Unknown (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The Grapes of Wrath is about a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers who were forced to turn over their land to banks. The family journeys across the country to the ‘promised land’ of California—only to be met with scorn when they arrive. It is a successful example of social protest in fiction, as well as a convincing tribute to man 's will to survive. The Grapes of Wrath received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 (notablebiographies.com). John Steinbeck may have began his writing career a little confused, but he definitely figured it all
4 November 2013
How to Become a Writer My goal in this essay is to discuss the lives of world-renouned writers as they relate to Lorrie Moore’s “How to Become a Writer”. Lorrie Moore is an English professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1985, her collection of stories titled “Self Help” was published. “How to Become a Writer” is one of many included stories (Literature, 144). Nicknamed "Lorrie" by her parents, she was born with the name Marie Lorena Moore in 1957 in Glens Falls, New York. Her passion for writing sprang from her academic success. She sprang ahead in school and graduated from St. Lawrence University. She has been writing since the 1980s (pshares.org). “How to Become a Writer” is a second …show more content…
He gained a love for literature from his mother, who was interested in the arts. In high school, Steinbeck decided he wanted to be a writer. He moved to New York in 1925 to work on his first novel, Cup of Gold. It was a slightly unsuccessful attempt at a romance. I imagine that he felt a tad discouraged and frustrated at its unsuccessfulness. Regardless, Steinbeck returned to his home in California to focus on writing serious fiction. From 1932 until 1939, he continued writing. Among his published works were The Pastures of Heaven (1932), To a God Unknown (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The Grapes of Wrath is about a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers who were forced to turn over their land to banks. The family journeys across the country to the ‘promised land’ of California—only to be met with scorn when they arrive. It is a successful example of social protest in fiction, as well as a convincing tribute to man 's will to survive. The Grapes of Wrath received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 (notablebiographies.com). John Steinbeck may have began his writing career a little confused, but he definitely figured it all