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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

By Maggie Smith

New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing with a practical guide perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. 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.

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Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Publish Date: 04/01/2025
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781982170844
ISBN-10: 1982170840
Language: English

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New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing with a practical guide perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. 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. Dear Writer provides tools that artists of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them into all genres and all areas of life.

About the Author

Maggie Smith is the award-winning author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful , Good Bones , The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison , Lamp of the Body , and the national bestsellers Goldenrod and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change.

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