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Consider This

Chuck Palahniuk ISBN 1472155513

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This book by Chuck Palahniuk has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

What it is

"In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more.

Every time it came up

RecommendedTim Ferriss

Chuck Palahniuk — A Masterclass in Creative Living and Dangerous Writing | The Tim Ferriss Show

“which i highly highly recommend”
“a memoir about his life as a writer which i highly highly recommend”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Chuck Palahniuk: Bestselling author of 23 books including Fight Club and Choke, known for transgressive minimalist fiction. He studied under Tom Spanbauer in the Gordon Lish minimalist tradition and developed the 'dangerous writing' method. Chuck Palahniuk delivers a masterclass on minimalism, dangerous writing, and using fiction to exhaust your unresolved emotional wounds.

00:04:112020-09-06
Guest's own workTim Ferriss

Chuck Palahniuk — A Masterclass in Creative Living and Dangerous Writing | The Tim Ferriss Show

“i've read from you a lesson and this is a lesson from consider this uh your book which i'm gonna read”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Chuck Palahniuk: Bestselling author of 23 books including Fight Club and Choke, known for transgressive minimalist fiction. He studied under Tom Spanbauer in the Gordon Lish minimalist tradition and developed the 'dangerous writing' method. Chuck Palahniuk delivers a masterclass on minimalism, dangerous writing, and using fiction to exhaust your unresolved emotional wounds.

00:10:312020-09-06