How to Be a Writer [Paperback]

How To Be A Writeris a collection of interviews with famous writers, performers and industry insiders that takes the reader through a writers day, from getting up to giving in. And, along the way, asks: When do you get ideas? When should you write? How do you deal with your money? Who do you have lunch with? And how do you keep going?

FeaturingJON RONSON, EMMA DONOGHUE, DENNIS KELLY, CAITLIN MORAN, JASON HAZELEY, JOEL MORRIS, SUZANNE MOORE, CATHERINE ROSENTHAL, MARK ELLEN, JOHN PANTON, JO UNWIN, MARTYN WAITES, MARK BILLINGHAM, ISZI LAWRENCE

David Quantickis an Emmy-winning television writer and the author of the best-selling writing manualHow To Write Everything. He has written for television in the USA (Veep) and the UK (The Thick Of It,Brass Eye,Harry Hills TV Burp), and is also a radio broadcaster (The Blaggers Guide,52 First Impressions), author (The Mule,Sparks) and a journalist whos written for over 50 different publications, from theDaily TelegraphtoThe Dandy.

David Quantick really has written everything. He recently won an Emmy for his work on HBO's Veep and wrote the critically-praised Sky Arts Playhouse, Snodgrass. As a television writer, he has also written for The Thick Of It, The Day Today, Brass Eye, TV Burp and many other shows. As a radio writer, he created Radio 4's One and Radio 2's The Blagger's Guide. His novel Sparks was described as excellent by Neil Gaiman and his graphic series Louis Wain (created with Savage Pencil) was published in Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic. As well as a series of music books and the official biography of Eddie Izzard, David wrote the Sunday Times best-seller Grumpy Old Men and has written for over 50 magazines and newspapers, from The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph to NME and Q. With Jane Bussmann, he created the world's first internet sitcom, The Junkies, and he is also the writer of severallӎ