Living the Writer’s Life: A Complete Self-Help Guide

Living the Writer's Life: A Complete Self-Help Guide





Issues that face writers, as opposed to artists in other creative arenas, are addressed in this first self-help career book specifically geared to writers.

Presented in a lively format, this guide offers advice from established authors, along with their personal testimonials on the writing process. Coping with writer's block, rejection, and the challenges of self-discipline and many other issues are covered. Expert guidance on writers' conferences, networking, self-promotion, the editorial process, and other matters help aspiring writers or those with writing-career problems to resolve.

Eric Maisel, Ph.D., the author of "Fearless Presenting: A Life in the Arts," "Fearless Creating," and other books on the creative life, works with artists and performers as a psychotherapist, workshop leader, and conference presenter. He lives in Concord, California.Repeated rejection. Writer's block. Isolation. Alcoholism. Day jobs. Criticism. Low self-esteem. Narcissism. Addictions. Writing poorly. Poverty. Arrogance. Depression. A writer's life tends to invite all of the above, and more. In Living the Writer's Life, therapist and writer Eric Maisel, who specializes in counseling writers, sets out to "help you handle the many obstacles and challenges that come with the writing life." Books about writing commonly broach these types of issues as inevitabilities that writers must learn to deal with. Maisel's book shows you how. Through the use of role playing, personal anecdotes (one contributor writes about the value of earning an M.F.A. later in life), multiple-choice questions, quizzes, topical comments from renowned writers, and other models, Maisel encourages his readers to avoid the pitfalls of the writer's life. This is a serious workbook that can be used by writers (and other creative types, with little adjustments here and there) individually, in pairs, or in groups. --Jane Steinberg









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