Dear Writer - Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life

From the New York Times bestselling author Maggie Smith, Dear Writer will be anchored by ten letters on essential elements of creativity: attention, wonder, play, surprise, vulnerability, vision, restlessness, tenacity, connection and hope. Each accessible, inspiring letter will be followed by short, craft-focused essays and generative writing activities that demonstrate the principle in action, providing tools that readers of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practice. These tools are portable, meaning writers can carry them into poetry, non-fiction and fiction.>

About the author

Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison and Keep Moving. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, her debut picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith's poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Paris Review, TIME, Nation, Atlantic and Best American Poetry.

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Product details

• Authors: Maggie Smith
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9781837260478
• ISBN: 978-1-83726-047-8
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs