{"id":4028,"date":"2017-07-05T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2017-07-05T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:08:20","slug":"writers-pass-along-updike-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/07\/05\/writers-pass-along-updike-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers pass along Updike advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Caleb and Linda Pirtle<\/strong> are writers, and in a recent blogpost they quoted advice from “John Updike: A giant of American literature” that begins with the title: “John Updike: Five pages a day every day of your life.”<\/p>\n

Writers write. It can be that simple.<\/p>\n

“John Updike, he of the bushy eyebrows and hawkish nose, had a distinct style of prose that was described as baroque, exquisite<\/em>, and prolifically poetic<\/em>. He did win a couple of Pulitzer Prizes, a pair of National Book Awards, and the Pen\/Faulkner Award. And such novels as Couples<\/em> and Witches of Eastwick<\/em>, not to mention his quartet of Rabbit Angstrom novels, have a definite place on the top shelf of American literature.<\/p>\n

“His name is widely known.<\/p>\n

“His work is widely praised.<\/p>\n

“Yet, John Updike, the man, was very private. Not a recluse, perhaps, but, it\u2019s said, he cultivated his embowered solitude<\/em> and would rather sit amidst isolation in his home on the Massachusetts shore and write.<\/p>\n

“No one wrote more.<\/p>\n

“He left an unending trail of fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism, most of which appeared rather regularly in The New Yorker<\/em>. In addition, he published almost one book a year for more than a half century.”<\/p>\n

Read the advice that Updike gave writers, which Caleb Pirtle passes along.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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