*↓ Click for Links to Letters & Books ↓* Discover inspiring writing advice from the letters of Louisa May Alcott, John Steinbeck, J. R. R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, T. S. Eliot and Zora Neale Hurston.
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✉️ Louisa May Alcott's 1878 letter to Miss Churchill: https://lithub.com/louisa-may-alcotts-letter-of-advice-to-a-young-writer/
📚 The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith https://www.amazon.com/Memoir-Project-Thoroughly-Non-Standardized-Writing/dp/0446584843
✉️ John Steinbeck's 1962 letter to Robert Wallsten from Steinbeck: A Life in Letters https://www.amazon.com/Steinbeck-Life-Letters-John/dp/0140042881
✉️ J. R. R. Tolkien's 1955 letter to W. H. Auden https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/letter-to-the-poet-w-h-auden-7-jun-1955/
✉️ Kurt Vonnegut's 2006 letter to Xavier High School students https://boingboing.net/2023/04/19/kurt-vonneguts-2006-advice-to-high-schoolers-who-wrote-him-make-your-soul-grow.html
📚 Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Writing-Releasing-Creative/dp/0553296345
✉️ T. S. Eliot's 1952 letter to Alice Quinn https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/01/18/t-s-eliot-alice-quinn-letter/
✉️ Zora Neale Hurston's 1925 letter to Annie Nathan Meyer https://theamericanreader.com/12-may-1925-zora-neale-hurston-to-annie-nathan-meyer/
🎥 C. S. Lewis's letter to a young fan: https://youtu.be/ejApR6EZCe4
*TIMESTAMPS*
0:00 Intro
0:40 Louisa May Alcott
3:53 John Steinbeck
5:42 J. R. R. Tolkien
8:22 Kurt Vonnegut
11:39 T. S. Eliot
13:18 Zora Neale Hurston
16:18 Final Thoughts
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