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Writing alone and with others

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2003Description: 390 p. Includes IndexISBN:
  • 019516573X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808 S2W7
Summary: InWriting Alone and with Others, Schneider's acclaimed methods are available in a single, well-organized, and highly readable volume. The first part of the book guides the reader through the perils of the solitary writing life: fear, writer's block, and the bad habits of the internal critic. In the second section, Schneider describes the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, widely used across the U.S. and abroad. With more than a hundred writing exercises on ways to jumpstart the blocked and stretch the rut-stuck. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/writing-alone-and-with-others-9780195165739?cc=us&lang=en&
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Contents
Foreword by Peter Elbow
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Introduction: A Writer Is Someone Who Writes
Part I: The Writer Alone
1. "Feeling and Facing Fear"
2. "Getting Started (Again)"
3. "Toward a Disciplined Writing Life"
4. "Writing Practice: The Journal"
5. "Writing Practice: Developing Craft"
6. "Voice"
7. "Growing as a Writer"
8. "The Form Your Writing Takes"
9. "The Ethical Questions: Spirituality, Privacy, and Politics"
Part II: Writing With Others
Introduction: Writing With Others
10. "Basic Principles of a Healthy Workshop"
11. "Writing in a Classroom"
12. "Creating Your Own Workshop or Writing Group"
13. "Using Writing to Empower the Silenced"
Part III: Additional Exercises
Afterword
List of Exercises
Recommended Resources and Reading List
Credits
Index

InWriting Alone and with Others, Schneider's acclaimed methods are available in a single, well-organized, and highly readable volume. The first part of the book guides the reader through the perils of the solitary writing life: fear, writer's block, and the bad habits of the internal critic. In the second section, Schneider describes the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, widely used across the U.S. and abroad. With more than a hundred writing exercises on ways to jumpstart the blocked and stretch the rut-stuck.

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