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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN num: 9781582974477
ISBN number: 1582974470
Label: Writers Digest Books
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Page Count: 448
Printing Date: June 18, 2007
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Survey Our Literary Landscape From the Open Window of Glimmer Train
What drives you to write? How does a particular piece of writing come to exist?
In Inspiration and Discipline, the second volume in our Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction series, more than one hundred accomplished authors set aside talk of character and scene in order to address the more private and elusive aspects of their writing lives. In excerpts from interviews conducted over a seventeen-year period and preserved by the editors of the highly respected literary quarterly Glimmer Train Stories and its supplement Writers Ask, contemporary writers offer insights on such topics as family support (or lack thereof), using autobiographical material, and the responsibility of writing--sharing their own personal and philosophical approaches to this most strange, heartbreaking, and wonderful of artistic vocations.
Jayne Anne Phillips * Thisbe Nissen * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Thom Jones * Henry Louis Gates Jr. * Beverly Lowry * Siri Hustvedt Richard Bausch * Charles Baxter * Sue Miller * Ha Jin
There may never be an explanation for where stories come from, but the wisdom, humor, and advice of the writers in these pages will provide you with the inspiration you need to keep your writing life moving forward.
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Alright, I just finished gushing about book one and HAVE to do the same for this one. This picks up where the very first one left off - the inspiration and discipline needed to create.
You ever go to a booksigning and wish you had the time to ask the author all the questions you have about such issues? Imagine over 100 of them sharing with you, in a fantastic volume you can refer to again and again.
When I read this book, I get so excited that I rush to finish whichever "glimmer" an author is sharing and RUN to get back to work on my own stuff. I just threw the book down so I could sing both their praises this minute, and I will fvcking STALK the editors at Writer's Digest if I have to in order to make sure Volume 3 is on the way! LOL
You *must* own both of these books. You can read them again and again, just like I plan to, and because they are so hefty, you are bound to rediscover thoughts from the authors that resonate anew the second and third time around.
Can't get ENOUGH.
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Adroitly co-edited by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies, "The Glimmer Train: Guide To Writing Fiction - Inspiration And Discipline" is a compact, 444-page compendium of contributions by professional authors and writers on the subject of their personal and philosophical approaches to writing for a living. The second volume of the acclaimed 'Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction' series from Writer's Digest Press, "Inspiration And Discipline" focuses upon the more private aspects of a writer's life including family, friends, the incorporation of autobiographical material into their literary work, the responsibilities associated with writing professionally, the artistic nature of a writer's vocation, and so much more. From dealing with writer's block, to writing as therapy, to how reading shapes writing, "Inspiration And Discipline" is engaging and informative, as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking. Anyone aspiring to write professionally should take the time to read (and re-read) "The Glimmer Train: Guide To Writing Fiction - Inspiration And Discipline".
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