The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101946717 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here, too, is an expert’s practical advice on how to recruit—and keep—high-profile talent; what makes a compelling lede; how to grow online traffic that translates into dollars; and how, in whatever format, on whatever platform, a good editor really works, and what it takes to write well. Thompson, practicing brinksmanship with David Carr and Steve Jobs, working the European fashion scene with Liz Tilberis, pitching TV pilots with Richard Price. Says Jeffrey Eugenides: “Every time I run into Terry, I think how great it would be to have dinner with him. Taking us from the raucous days of New Journalism to today’s digital landscape, McDonell argues that the need for clear storytelling from trustworthy news sources has never been stronger. Hear about the writers he's known and edited over the years, what the magazine business was like back then, how it's changed and where it's going, inside info about Edward Abbey, Jim Harrison, Annie Proulx, old New York, and the Swimsuit issue. His stories about
McDonell can be sentimental, especially about friends now dead, but he is never mawkish. Hear about the writers he's known and edited over the years, what the magazine business was like back then, how it's changed and where it's going, inside info about Edward Abbey, Jim Harrison, Annie Proulx, old New York, and the Swimsuit issue. Thompson, they all make raucous appearances in this terrific, free-wheeling memoir. “Intelligent, entertaining, and chivalrous McDonell, founding editor of Outside magazine in 1977, has had tenures at or near the top of Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Esquire and Sports Illustrated. Any writer or editor (or anyone i
A Highly Personal Memoir of an Great Era of American Journalism Long Gone As a writer who had the good fortune to have Terry as my editor at Esquire, I can recommend this fine memoir for its insight into the magazine world of the 1960s thru the 1990s, as well as for the grace with which he profiles so many of the giants of an era now past. It would be hard to find so many . J. K. Campbell said An Editor's View. This gossipy and insightful book is recommended to any reader wishing an insider's view of the zenith of print journalism. Virtually every innovative writer of fiction and nonfiction of the 1970's and 1980's was published in magazines, and author McDonell's position as a magazine editor placed him in. A very good book, easily worth your time. Interesting, insightful, philosophical and well written, the author's unique view from the top of the magazine world is filled with anecdotes of notable individuals he edited and worked with. Wish it had been longer, hopefully it will be followed up by another book on an industry that is under going
He is the president of the board of the Paris Review Foundation and serves on the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Journalism Review. He lives in New York City. TERRY McDONELL has won numerous awards for his editorial work at various magazines and websites. He is also a novelist and poet, and has written and produ