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Dear writer : pep talks & practical advice for the creative life / Maggie Smith.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Member Lounge BF408 .S528 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Maggie, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Creative ability.
- Authorship.
- creativity.
- authorship.
- Genre:
- Self-help publications.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 253 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Washington Square Press/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Pep talks & practical advice for the creative life
- Pep talks and practical advice for the creative life
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Washington Square Press/Atria, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Attention. On writing habits
- On inspiration
- On sensory detail
- Generative writing activity & further reading
- Wonder. On metaphor
- On word choice
- On writing across genres
- Vision. On finding your voice
- On titles & epigraphs
- On beginnings
- Surprise. On discovery
- On imperfection
- On endings
- Play. On sentences
- On the line
- On shape
- Vulnerability. On permission
- On boundaries
- On persona
- Restlessness. On constraint
- On restraint
- On revision
- Connection. On pattern & repetition
- On cross-pollination
- On feedback
- Tenacity. On the inner critic
- On rejection
- On getting unstuck
- Hope. On the pieces of the whole
- On community
- On audience
- Generative writing activity & further reading.
- Introduction
- ATTENTION: On writing habits ; On inspiration ; On sensory detail ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- WONDER: On metaphor ; On word choice ; On writing across genres ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- VISION: On finding your voice ; On titles & epigraphs ; On beginnings ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- SURPRISE: On discovery ; On imperfection ; On endings ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- PLAY: On sentences ; On the line ; On shape ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- VULNERABILITY: On permission ; On boundaries ; On persona ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- RESTLESSNESS: On constraint ; On restraint ; On revision ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- CONNECTION: On pattern & repetition ; On cross-pollination ; On feedback ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- TENACITY: On the inner critic ; On rejection ; On getting unstuck ; Generative writing activity & further reading
- HOPE: On the pieces of the whole ; On community ; On audience ; Generative writing activity & further reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Smith, Maggie, 1977- Dear writer
- Online version: Smith, Maggie, 1977- Dear writer
- ISBN:
- 9781982170844
- 1982170840
- 1982170891
- 9781982170899
- OCLC:
- 1438666236
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