Write for Life
Published on 1. June 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8264-6105-6 (ISBN)
Description
Engaging with life and language on many levels - spiritual, sensual, emotional - the author demonstrates how writing can change everyday life as well as the way we see ourselves in the world. By focusing on the importance of facing all our emotions - loss and rage, as well as joy and celebration - "Write for Life" introduces the reader to a fusion of ideas and practice to develop creative writing.
Reviews / Votes
"Both a writer's notebook and a manual. To explain what techniques? Something like those involved in the miracle at Whitsun. When tongues of fire filled the house and the apostles received the gift of words. A preparatory manual. Practical. Straightforward. Containing hope." John BergerMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-6105-6 (9780826461056)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Nicki Jackowska teaches creative writing on MA courses and leads writing workshops including the Arvon Foundation at various locations within the UK.
Content
Part 1: A basket of Currencies; Part 2: Expansion; Part 3: From One to Another; Part 4: Samples; Part 1: A Basket Of Currencies; Prologue; 1. The moment of ignition; 2. Words and you; 3. Nother either / or both; 4. We never did make it to Jerusalem; 5. What lies within the moment's note?; 6. Invitations; 7. The extravagance of being there; 8. Safe houses; 9. The Prometheus syndrome; 10. Holding the world open; 11. The fire and the rose; 12. Geography; 13. Hand in glove; 14. A writer prepares; 15. The wild card; 16. Quantam and sprouting beans; 17. Mirrors and fictions; 18. A dialogue between solitudes Epilogue; Part 2: Expansion; 1. In the beginning I: We fed the heart; 2. In the beginning II: Moving it; 3. The nutshell; 4. The moat; Part 3: From One To Another; 1. Building bridges; 2. The errant banana; 3. All the lost ones; 4. The power of the name; 5. Resistance; 6. Up the creek; 7. Serving time; Part 4: Samples; 1. Quick reference writing practice lists; 2. Sample workshop: Hegel's jug; 3. Breaking the language: Brighton workshop; 4. Laura's week I: The inspiration of the tree; 5. Laura's week II: Horseman; 6. Marie's year