The Writing School: a guide to being an essayist

The essayist deals in the art of ideas and language subtleties. The essayist is an artist who needs guidance with complexity, and suggestions with nuance. The essayist needs room to flourish. This book provides complex language for the intricacies of essaying while leaving the space needed for aesthetic individuality.

Adam Tramantano has been an editor, and a writing instructor, and holds a doctoral degree in the Teaching of English. His dissertation explored the complexities of the teaching of writing. Tramantano draws on more than 20 years of experience dealing with essayistic complexities. He dives deep into his own writing, offering nuanced takes on his writing strategies. And he explores what it means to be an essayist.

In a world where writing is more ubiquitous, how does the essayist develop their art? As an essayist, "You're not merely saying, listen to what happened. You're saying, listen to how I tell you what happened. In this way you are portraying the very act of essaying rather than the content of the essay." (From chapter 7). Essayists are artists of the very acts of idea creation.