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A review by littletaiko
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck
4.0
Read this in tandem with a rereading of East of Eden. Quite enjoyed seeing behind the scenes.
• The man really loved his pencils. There were multiple mentions throughout the book about his pencils getting too short and how he preferred the long pencils. Also how they needed to be round. I just find it hard to believe that he wrote the whole book by pencil.
• Writers are normal people. He had things going on his personal life that disrupted his writing. He had doubts, procrastinated some days, got sick, etc...
• He put so much thought into writing this book and had very specific reasons for his choices.
• The Hamilton portion of the book is based on his family. He even makes a very brief appearance towards the end.
• The difficult parts of the book were hard for him to write and he had to sort of prepare himself to get through those sections.
• The man really loved his pencils. There were multiple mentions throughout the book about his pencils getting too short and how he preferred the long pencils. Also how they needed to be round. I just find it hard to believe that he wrote the whole book by pencil.
• Writers are normal people. He had things going on his personal life that disrupted his writing. He had doubts, procrastinated some days, got sick, etc...
• He put so much thought into writing this book and had very specific reasons for his choices.
• The Hamilton portion of the book is based on his family. He even makes a very brief appearance towards the end.
• The difficult parts of the book were hard for him to write and he had to sort of prepare himself to get through those sections.