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A review by nikita27
A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Virginia Woolf
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
How am I to begin it? And what is it to be? I feel no great impulse; no fever; only a great pressure of difficulty. Why write it then? Why write at all? V writes this in one entry
Am I even capable of writing a review? trust me no one is, considering how deeply personal these extracts are to V; L who edited these made sure the image developed is rich, with ways and experiences which made Virginia who she was and is.
Flow of ideas that made into books and her self-criticism about her writing; how much she should re-write and revise to finalise book; how many copies shall each book sell; how her friends and family consider would think of all the work. We get a peak in her room after finishing her books how depression(as now it is generally considered she was suffering from bi-polar disorder) consumed her from within, how recovery was not so easy.
The last entry during the grotesque upheaval of the war and bomb raids around London and country leaves her to decide new occupations;
I insist upon spending this time to the best advantage. I will go down with my colours flying.
For someone who finds reading her books quite challenging (i coudn't finish Jacob's room and have only read A room of one's own) but loves V should read this.
Am I even capable of writing a review? trust me no one is, considering how deeply personal these extracts are to V; L who edited these made sure the image developed is rich, with ways and experiences which made Virginia who she was and is.
Flow of ideas that made into books and her self-criticism about her writing; how much she should re-write and revise to finalise book; how many copies shall each book sell; how her friends and family consider would think of all the work. We get a peak in her room after finishing her books how depression(as now it is generally considered she was suffering from bi-polar disorder) consumed her from within, how recovery was not so easy.
The last entry during the grotesque upheaval of the war and bomb raids around London and country leaves her to decide new occupations;
I insist upon spending this time to the best advantage. I will go down with my colours flying.
For someone who finds reading her books quite challenging (i coudn't finish Jacob's room and have only read A room of one's own) but loves V should read this.