Joseph Heller’s Handwritten Outline for Catch-22

19 thoughts on “Joseph Heller’s Handwritten Outline for Catch-22”

1. Reblogged this on Bookbilly.

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2. This is amazing, meticulous, and just all-around incredible. People always tell me that they can’t keep track of what is happening in Catch-22. This outline kind of sums up why.

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3. Reblogged this on JANINEVEAZUE and commented:
   WOW.

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4. That is really fascinating!!!!

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5. Love the book and it’s a shame Heller never really captured the same magic.

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6. Something Happened is a better book than Catch-22.

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   1. I’ve read the first twenty pages of Good as Gold like maybe five times, and they seem promising, but I always get distracted by something else.

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7. This is fantastic

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8. Reblogged this on Lavender and Broken Bones and commented:
   This is fantastic.

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9. Reblogged this on catherine reads and commented:
   I’m actually surprised this isn’t more complicated, and that this doesn’t look more like the board from “Snakes and Ladders”

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10. This is amazing. And inspiring. Thanks for the post :D

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11. Reblogged this on High School Edumacation.

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12. […] * The novelistic sublime: Joseph Heller’s handwritten outline for Catch-22. […]

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13. […] Catch-22 is a wonderful achievement (you can get an idea of how hard Heller worked on it by looking at his handwritten outline) – but it isnt exactly the kind of thing that you would expect to set marketing mens eyes […]

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14. […] Catch-22 is a wonderful achievement (you can get an idea of how hard Heller worked on it by looking at his handwritten outline) – but it isnt exactly the kind of thing that you would expect to set marketing mens eyes […]

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15. Think what he could have done with Excel.

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16. […] It was for authors who want to keep track of their characters. The greats like J.K. Rowling and Joseph Heller used an Excel-style spreadsheet (okay so they went the handwritten route) to keep track of […]

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17. […] 2 is a wonderful accomplishment( you can get an idea of how hard Heller worked on it by seeming at his handwritten outline) – but it isnt exactly the various kinds of thing that you would expect to set marketing men […]

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18. […] … oder Joseph Heller mit seiner Struktur für Catch-22. […]

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