Famous writers

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Top female writers and editors recommend other female authors who have somehow been overlooked or forgotten, either because of their gender, the language in which they wrote, or their books have gone out of print.

I copied my favorite writers’ schedules to see if their routines would offer the secret to unlocking my ultimate creative potential.

Discover and uncover the best daily routines of some of the most famous writers that have ever existed. You will learn how you can develop and use these routines in your own life to make steady progress every day and consistently follow through on what you set out to do.

Did you know that the famous French writer Voltaire once lived in London? Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) – under the pen name of Voltaire – was a French writer, philosopher, satirist and playwright. Some of his notable works were his tragic play, Zaïre, the historical study, The Age of Louis XIV, and the satirical novella, Candide. Voltaire was exiled to England and lived in London from 1726 to 1728.

From Heman Melville to Toni Morrison, read a list of books recommended by acclaimed Vietnamese-American poet and novelist Ocean Vuong.

Charles Dickens writes with a quill at his desk in 1858. He wrote everything by hand, from 9am to 2pm every day. Writing inspiration.

In this 12th grade-level article, Mike Kubic discusses how America's "Lost Generation" came to be. Access guided reading activities and a PDF download here.

A list of five books recommended by Fran Lebowitz by New York writers, including work by Dorothy Parker, Howard Moss and Ben Katchor.

Charles Dickens by William Powell Frith This was a man who, though not more than thirty, had seen the world in divers irreconcilable capacities—had been an officer in a South American regiment among other odd things—but had not achieved much in any way of life, and was in debt, and in hiding. He occupied chambers of the dreariest nature in Lyons Inn; his name, however, was not up on the door, or door-post, but in lieu of it stood the name of a friend who had died in the chambers, and had…