For Writers Only
Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement, Creativity, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Composition & Creative Writing, Motivational
| Author: | Sophy Burnham | ISBN: | 9781101553770 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | December 29, 2011 |
| Imprint: | TarcherPerigee | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sophy Burnham |
| ISBN: | 9781101553770 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 29, 2011 |
| Imprint: | TarcherPerigee |
| Language: | English |
"I see but one rule: to be clear." Stendhal
If only it were as easy for most writers as it was for Stendhal. The truth about the act of writing is much more varied, even violent. In fact, there seem to be as many contradictory admonitions about how to go about doing it as there are writers themselves.
With that in mind, writer Sophy Burnham has collected the thoughts of some of the greatest writers and laced them with her own observations and experiences of the writer's life. With an emphasis on the emotions that writing wrings from those who practice it, Burnham writes about beginning a work prematurely, the ecstasy when the writing is really flowing, the crash that can follow the flight -- and how to pick yourself up and continue. Most of all, you will be reassured, enlightened, and inspired to learn that, in your own writing struggles, you are not alone.
"I see but one rule: to be clear." Stendhal
If only it were as easy for most writers as it was for Stendhal. The truth about the act of writing is much more varied, even violent. In fact, there seem to be as many contradictory admonitions about how to go about doing it as there are writers themselves.
With that in mind, writer Sophy Burnham has collected the thoughts of some of the greatest writers and laced them with her own observations and experiences of the writer's life. With an emphasis on the emotions that writing wrings from those who practice it, Burnham writes about beginning a work prematurely, the ecstasy when the writing is really flowing, the crash that can follow the flight -- and how to pick yourself up and continue. Most of all, you will be reassured, enlightened, and inspired to learn that, in your own writing struggles, you are not alone.
