Escaping into the Open - The Art of Writing True

"Crystal clear, bracing as ice water, Escaping Into the Open should be read by all scribblers regardless of material success." --Rita Mae Brown Bestselling, award-winning novelist Elizabeth Berg knows a thing or two about writing, having graced the world with wonderful works of fiction including Talk Before Sleep , The Year of Pleasures , and the acclaimed Oprah Book Club Selection, Open House . With Escaping Into the Open , she offers an inspiring, eminently entertaining, and delightfully practical handbook on the joys, challenges, and creative possibilities inherent in the writing life. Now revised with new material--a classic in the vein of Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg and Anne Lamott''s Bird by Bird --Elizabeth Berg''s Escaping Into the Open is an indispensable guide for any aspiring storyteller.

About the author

Elizabeth Berg's work has won the NEBA Award for fiction and has been included twice on the ALA Best Books of the Year list. Her novel Open House was an Oprah's Book Club pick, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives outside Chicago, Illinois.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Berg, Berg Elizabeth
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2012
• EAN: 9780062200440
• ISBN: 978-0-06-220044-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language learning: writing skills, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, SELF-HELP: Creativity, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Style Manuals, EDUCATION: Teaching / General