Write Your Heart OutWrite Your Heart Out explores how to turn personal experiences, ideas and emotions into stories, essays, poems and memoirs. In a clear, insightful voice, Rebecca McClanahan teaches readers how to mine and shape personal material, urging them to write deeply, honestly and imaginatively about the most important people, events and emotions in their lives. She emphasizes the importance of personal writing as both catharsis and discovery, addressing such topics as:- Writing about the past- Writing about, and from, strong emotions- Writing to communicate with family and friends- Writing about work, goals and interestsMoving from the private to the public, the book's structure is formulated to guide readers in writing personal, heartfelt works that can, if so desired, culminate in publication.Rebecca McClanahan is the author of six books, including Word Painting. Her short stories, essays and poems have appeared in some of the finest literary journals in the country, including the Kenyon Review, the Gettysburg Review, and the Georgia Review, and have been anthologized in Pushcart Prize XVIII and Best American Poetry, 1998. She lives in New York City. |
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... piece of writing . But as I said earlier , revision is not about fixing . It's about reseeing . Sometimes the trouble spot is actually a door to new possibilities for the work . a FIND THE SHAREABLE IDEA As I mentioned earlier , one of ...
... piece of writing . But as I said earlier , revision is not about fixing . It's about reseeing . Sometimes the trouble spot is actually a door to new possibilities for the work . a FIND THE SHAREABLE IDEA As I mentioned earlier , one of ...
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... piece of writing also provide clues to shareable ideas . Questions such as Where does a young pregnant girl go for help ? or Why did what he said bother me so much ? or How much would a man risk to save the life of his child ? suggest ...
... piece of writing also provide clues to shareable ideas . Questions such as Where does a young pregnant girl go for help ? or Why did what he said bother me so much ? or How much would a man risk to save the life of his child ? suggest ...
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... piece of writing , it will have evolved , as I suggested earlier , into what it wants to be . But not every piece reaches maturity . Many of the things I write are abandoned along the way , or they get embedded into a new piece of writing ...
... piece of writing , it will have evolved , as I suggested earlier , into what it wants to be . But not every piece reaches maturity . Many of the things I write are abandoned along the way , or they get embedded into a new piece of writing ...
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