Driven to Write - 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of Their Craft

In this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields -poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more- explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.

List of contents

01. Models and Mentors 02. Urges and Traumas 03. Evidence and Experiences

About the author

Ellen Pinsky is the author of Mortal Gifts (2017), described by one reviewer as "[a] book to be read alongside Freud's Papers on Technique." Her writing about psychoanalysis and her clinical work have been enriched by years of experience as a middle school English teacher.
Michael Slevin draws from his experience as a psychoanalyst and journalist to find fresh perspectives on psychoanalytic ideas. He recently co-edited The Trauma of Racism: Lessons from the Therapeutic Encounter (2023), which was heralded as a "humanistic approach to the problem of racial oppression".

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Slevin Pinsky
• Assisted by: Pinsky Ellen (Editor), Michael Slevin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032850115
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285011-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis