Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True - Couverture rigide

Berg, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10 : 0060191791 ISBN 13 : 9780060191795

Editeur : Harper, 1999

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Quatrième de couverture :

Elizabeth Berg touches women's lives with heartbreakingly funny and true novels -- including the New York Times bestseller Talk Before Sleep -- that distinctly capture the essence of their lives. Now this critically acclaimed author and writing instructor offers an inspiring, practical handbook on the joys, challenges, and creative possibilities inherent in the writing life.

Both autobiography and primer, Escaping into the Open interweaves Elizabeth Berg's story of her own journey from working mother to published novelist with encouraging advice on how to create stories that spring from deep within the heart.

For the beginning wordsmith, she provides guidance and concrete suggestions for getting started. She outlines the fifteen essential Ps of writing -- from purpose and perseverance to priorities and patience to playfulness and pens, pencils, and paper -- and shares the ways she uses to make the writing process as painless and joyous as possible. Offering advice grounded in the real-life experiences of writers, she sagely reminds us, "there is no single right way to do anything in writing. There is first the desire to communicate something on paper."

With wit and honesty, Elizabeth Berg provides numerous exercises that will unleash individual creativity and access and utilize all of the senses. Most important, she tells how to fire passion -- emotion -- into writing itself; to break through personal barriers and reach one's own outer limits and beyond. The author also provides useful information on making the transition from nonfiction to fiction, lists guaranteed techniques for getting unstuck, weighs the merits and pitfalls of attending writing classes and workshops, and shatters myths that can destroy a newly budding writer's dreams.

Listen to Elizabeth Berg. "It is all-fulfilling for me to be a published writer. It is literally a dream come true. I got into this business with no contacts, no writing classes or degree, and no experience. Please believe me when I tell you that with a little talent and perseverance, you can too." Escaping into the Open offers the key to fulfilling a personal, often secret, lifelong dream.

Revue de presse :

“As a writer Elizabeth Berg hit the ground running. Her very helpful advice to would-be authors is the equivalent of a good pair of track shoes. She knows how the publishing industry works, how sentences work, and why writers need to answer only to themselves.” (C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, Atlantic Monthly)

“Crystal clear, bracing as icewater, Escaping into the Open should be read by all scribblers regardless of material success.” (Rita Mae Brown)

“Elizabeth Berg has shown herself to be an author of astonishing talent. What is even more astonishing is the generosity with which she now shares her insights and wisdom on the process of writing.” (Mary Mitchell, writing instructor, The Adult Learning Center, Framinghams Massachusetts)

“Elizabeth Berg’s writing exercises are wonderfully inventive. They capture the play and pleasures of writing. Her book is an insightful guide.” (Ronna Wineberg Blaser, president, board of directors, The Tennessee Writers Alliance)

“I’m grateful as can be for having Escaping into the Open. It’s part of my library now, and I’m recommending it to anyone with the slightest urge to write—it tells it as it is.” (Eileen Herbert Jordan, freelance writer)

“This is a really good book . . . anyone who ever needs to write anything will find bright shards of useful stuff here.” (Booklist)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0060191791
• ISBN 13: 9780060191795
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240