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Writing
for Life:
The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living
by John
D. Bessler
ISBN 9780979271809 | 352 pages
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6 x 9 |
Hardcover
Writing for Life: The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living
demystifies the writing process—a process that is all
too often misunderstood or feared. By breaking down and illuminating
each step of that process—from pre-writing to publication—Writing
for Life gives readers the know-how and tools they need
to write more effectively. In this groundbreaking, inspirational
guide, which draws upon the wisdom of the world’s best
writers, readers learn valuable techniques, such as freewriting,
and discover how to best revise what they write to create
high-quality writing.
Part how-to and part essay, Writing for Life will
revolutionize the way we write—and learn to write. As
it excites readers about the possibilities of language, the
book dispels the notions that writing is just for literary
figures or professional writers or to be done only when work
or school requires it. When properly understood, the writing
process is not a chore or a burden, but a life-changing opportunity.
In uncovering all of writing’s personal and professional
rewards and in unlocking the secrets of the craft, this book
makes clear why everyone should want to write in their daily
lives.
Writing for Life reveals the writing process for
what it is: a thinking process. Writing helps us understand
things; it clarifies our thoughts and makes us better, more
engaged thinkers and citizens. Because it unleashes new ideas
and is such a powerful force for creativity, innovation and
social change, writing—as this book so forcefully shows—should
be an instrumental part of everyone’s journey through
life. Writing for Life will transform the lives of
those who dislike, even dread, writing, even as it helps beginning
and experienced writers alike better navigate the writing
process.
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Praise
for the book
Writing
for Life is filled
with wise counsel and sound advice. Reading John Bessler's
well-researched book will help those setting out on the writing
trail reach their destination more surely. –Ralph Keyes,
author of The Courage to Write and The Writer's
Book of Hope
Bessler’s book is part
inspirational guide and part how-to manual for anyone who
has ever encountered a blank page. He demystifies the writing
process by breaking it down into manageable steps and offers
would-be writers valuable techniques for improving both their
writing and their enjoyment of it. He draws liberally upon
the wisdom of the world’s best writers to inspire the
everyday writer.
–Minnesota Magazine
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John D. Bessler, a two-time Minnesota Book
Award finalist, is an attorney, writer and adjunct professor
at the University of Minnesota Law School. He graduated from
the University of Minnesota with a degree in political science,
obtained his law degree from the Indiana University School
of Law in Bloomington, and has studied international human
rights law at Oxford University. He also has an M.F.A. degree
from Hamline University, and is the author of Death in
the Dark: Midnight Executions in America, Kiss of
Death: America’s Love Affair with the Death Penalty,
and Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota.
He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Amy, and their daughter,
Abigail.
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