Joan’s writing seems more like poetry to me than other forms of creative writing. I find myself underlining, writing notes, observing her writing style and being engrossed by all aspects of how she chose to tell a story. Whether she is writing about her own creative process, a political work, a novel or grief…I go away feeling like she didn’t use any extra words. Her natural style is honed and intentional.
“Joan Didion was a journalist, novelist, memoirist, essayist, and screenwriter who wrote some of the sharpest and most evocative analyses of culture, politics, literature, family, and loss. She won the National Book Award in 2005 for The Year of Magical Thinking.” – Joan Didion Official Website
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