It is common to hear that writers usually have a knack for reading, especially from a young age. Francine Prose is no different from them. This lifelong love of reading has contributed to Francine Prose's need to write (Bolick). Francine Prose has written just about thirty books and other literary works, yet she is by no means done yet (Hodara). The childhood of Francine Prose has greatly contributed to her success as a writer, not just from her love of reading, but by the gift of using her greatest sense; Her hearing. (Bolick; Carrigan). On April 1, 1947, Francine Prose made her entrance into the world (Carrigan). Born to Phillip and Jessie Prose, both of whom were physicians, Prose grew up developing her ear for narrative storytelling (Carrigan). From a young age, Prose frequently listened to her father discuss his cases with his coworkers(Carrigan). Her avid listening skills were also strengthened by her close attention to the people close to her. Prose also had a love of reading, one developed at the age of four, and that caused her to realize the one thing she most wanted to do with her life (Bolick). Though her childhood was not the only thing that helped her to figure out what career she wanted to go into, her education played a crucial role(Bolick; Carrigan). In 1968, Francine Prose graduated from Radcliffe college. She graduated with summa cum laude honors with a Bachelors degree in English. Soon after she graduated in 1969, Prose went on to begin a masters degree program at Harvard University(Carrigan). Prose soon realized that she was not cut out for grad school(Bolicks). Francine Prose left the Harvard program not that long after she joined in the year 1971 (Carrigan). She soon embarked on a trip to Mumbai, India ... ... middle of paper ... ... Jan. 2011. . “Francine Prose.” Meet the Writers. Barnes and Noble, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. . Hodara, Susan. “A Garden of Prose.” Harvard Magazine Sept.-Oct. 2010: n. pag. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. . Myers, D.G. “In Praise of Prose.” Commentary Magazine May 2010: n. pag. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. . Prose, Francine. Interview by Katie Bolick. The Atlantic Online. N.p., 11 Mar. 1998. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. . - - -. “Other Lives.” We Are the Stories We Tell. Comp. Wendy Martin. New York: Pantheon, 1990. 274-288. Print.
Sharon Creech’s childhood memories, college experiences, and creative brain significantly affected her writings. She rarely thought of being an author growing up, but as time progressed, she began to really think about it. Creech first became interested when she entered college and something sparked her career. She wrote multiple books with her much thought and creativeness leading her to an outstanding writing career.
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The form of literature is written and told in the form of the first-person perspective short story but in storytelling form. At the beginning, she was trying to tell readers her stories during her medical school experiences and how she felt that due
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Dorothy West worked hard to achieve her goal of becoming a writer. West wrote her first story when she was 7 years old. West started school at the age of four. She was put in the second grade at Farragut School in Boston. West attended the Boston’s Girls’ latin school at age 10. It was one of the best school at the time. Not to mention, Boston’s Girl’s Latin school was a school that chose their students carefully. West graduated in the year n 1923. West also got a diploma for that school.
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Hesse attended college at Towson State and later transferred to the University of Maryland, from which she graduated in 1975. She majored in theater, anthropology, psychology, and even English (Wilson 1,2). She earned a BA in English with double minors in psychology and anthropology. During college, Hesse found herself to be quite “good with words” and began writing a lot more (Scholastic 1). After graduating, Hesse took a trip across country with her future husband on which she visited many national parks and became very in touch with nature and learned how much she loved life and loved meeting people (Wilson 1).
I was able to see what kind of literature she enjoyed writing. The source will be useful from my presentation because it is important to know what kind of stories a novelist writes if you intend to inform others about them.
Many female writers see themselves as advocates for other creative females to help find their voice as a woman. Although this may be true, writer Virginia Woolf made her life mission to help women find their voice as a writer, no gender attached. She believed women had the creativity and power to write, not better than men, but as equals. Yet throughout history, women have been neglected in a sense, and Woolf attempted to find them. In her essay, A Room of One’s Own, she focuses on what is meant by connecting the terms, women and fiction. Woolf divided this thought into three categories: what women are like throughout history, women and the fiction they write, and women and the fiction written about them. When one thinks of women and fiction, what they think of; Woolf tried to answer this question through the discovery of the female within literature in her writing.