{"product_id":"9781585429127","title":"For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBurnham, Sophy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTarcher\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eIf you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentence or find a  literary agent this book is not for you. Rather, here is a map for  traveling the emotion-laden path that is the creative process. In  \u003ci\u003eFor Writer's Only\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author and playwright, Sophy  Burnham weaves the insights of some of the greatest writers with her  own observations and experiences to provide inspiration and  encouragement for writers everywhere.\u003cp\u003eBurnham wrote this book for herself when she was in a particularly  dark period, unable to get any of her work published.  She wanted to  know, how did the Great Masters, the immortals, do it?  How did they  combat discouragement, despair, rejection, dismissal, defeat?  Did they  write every day? What counsel and advice did they have to offer? In  this book, you will discover the strange places authors have found they  work best (Agatha Christie plotted her books in her bathtub, eating  apples); the surprising diversions they use to escape the project they  are working on (Anne Beattie used to vacuum rather than write); and why  Faulkner famously asserted, \"If a story is in you, it has got to come  out.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth is that the act of being creative is a difficult-even  violent-process.  Whether you read this book in one gulp from cover to  cover, or simply pick it and read a few pages at those times when your  are blocked, you will find yourself renewed, restored, re-heartened,  and ready to race back to your own writing, your creative center.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45571247210751,"sku":"9781585429127","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781585429127_s600x595.jpg?v=1777307452","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781585429127","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}