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

"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"--

About the author

Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of nine books of poetry and prose, including A Suit or a Suitcase, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received a Pushcart Prize, and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Best American Poetry, and more. You can find her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Smith, Maggie Smith
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781982170844
• ISBN: 978-1-9821-7084-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 219 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Memoirs, SELF-HELP / Creativity, PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Writing & editing guides, Memory improvement & thinking techniques, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Writing and editing guides, Memory improvement and thinking techniques, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs