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For Writers Only : Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners by Sophy Burnham (2011, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101585429120

ISBN-139781585429127

eBay Product ID (ePID)109285132

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFor Writers Only : Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners

SubjectAuthorship, Motivational & Inspirational, Creativity, Composition & Creative Writing

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Self-Help

AuthorSophy Burnham

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-047609

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal808.02

SynopsisIf you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentence or find a literary agent this book is not for you. Rather, here is a map for traveling the emotion-laden path that is the creative process. In For Writer's Only , bestselling author and playwright, Sophy Burnham weaves the insights of some of the greatest writers with her own observations and experiences to provide inspiration and encouragement for writers everywhere. Burnham wrote this book for herself when she was in a particularly dark period, unable to get any of her work published. She wanted to know, how did the Great Masters, the immortals, do it? How did they combat discouragement, despair, rejection, dismissal, defeat? Did they write every day? What counsel and advice did they have to offer? In this book, you will discover the strange places authors have found they work best (Agatha Christie plotted her books in her bathtub, eating apples); the surprising diversions they use to escape the project they are working on (Anne Beattie used to vacuum rather than write); and why Faulkner famously asserted, "If a story is in you, it has got to come out." The truth is that the act of being creative is a difficult-even violent-process. Whether you read this book in one gulp from cover to cover, or simply pick it and read a few pages at those times when your are blocked, you will find yourself renewed, restored, re-heartened, and ready to race back to your own writing, your creative center.

LC Classification NumberPN165.B87 2012