Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction, Vol. 2: Inspiration and Discipline

Book Overview

Survey Our Literary Landscape From the Open Window of Glimmer Train What drives you to write? How does a particular piece of writing come to exist? In Inspiration and Discipline , the second volume in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582974470
• ISBN13: 9781582974477
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Best. Series. EVERRRRR.

Alright, I just finished gushing about book one and HAVE to do the same for this one. This picks up where the first one left off - the inspiration and discipline needed to create. You ever go to a booksigning and wish you had the time to ask the author all the questions you have about such issues? Imagine over 100 of them sharing with you, in a fantastic volume you can refer to again and again. When I read this book, I get so excited that I rush to finish whichever "glimmer" an author is sharing and RUN to get back to work on my own stuff. I just threw the book down so I could sing both their praises this minute, and I will fvcking STALK the editors at Writer's Digest if I have to in order to make sure Volume 3 is on the way! LOL You *must* own both of these books. You can read them again and again, just like I plan to, and because they are so hefty, you are bound to rediscover thoughts from the authors that resonate anew the second and third time around. Can't get ENOUGH.

From dealing with writer's block, to writing as therapy, to how reading shapes writing, "Inspiration

Adroitly co-edited by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies, "The Glimmer Train: Guide To Writing Fiction - Inspiration And Discipline" is a compact, 444-page compendium of contributions by professional authors and writers on the subject of their personal and philosophical approaches to writing for a living. The second volume of the acclaimed 'Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction' series from Writer's Digest Press, "Inspiration And Discipline" focuses upon the more private aspects of a writer's life including family, friends, the incorporation of autobiographical material into their literary work, the responsibilities associated with writing professionally, the artistic nature of a writer's vocation, and so much more. From dealing with writer's block, to writing as therapy, to how reading shapes writing, "Inspiration And Discipline" is engaging and informative, as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking. Anyone aspiring to write professionally should take the time to read (and re-read) "The Glimmer Train: Guide To Writing Fiction - Inspiration And Discipline".