John McPhee | Books & Literature » Non-Fiction
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
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In 2017, John McPhee came out with a book called Draft No. 4 which outlined his writing process, including his unique approach to outlining his stories.
A book in which John McPhee outlines his writing process, including his unique approach to drafting and structuring his stories.
Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces, and he presents extracts from his work, subjecting them to wry scrutiny. The result is a vivid depiction of the writing process, from reporting to drafting to revising—and revising, and revising.