{"product_id":"the-art-of-slow-writing-reflections-on-time-craft-and-creativity-paperback","title":"The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise DeSalvo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a series of conversational observations and meditations on the writing process, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Slow Writing\u003c\/i\u003e examines the benefits of writing slowly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeSalvo advises her readers to explore their creative process on deeper levels by getting to know themselves and their stories more fully over a longer period of time. She writes in the same supportive manner that encourages her students, using the slow writing process to help them explore the complexities of craft. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Slow Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is the antidote to self-help books that preach the idea of fast-writing, finishing a novel a year, and quick revisions. DeSalvo makes a case that more mature writing often develops over a longer period of time and offers tips and techniques to train the creative process in this new experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeSalvo describes the work habits of successful writers (among them, Nobel Prize laureates) so that readers can use the information provided to develop their identity as writers and transform their writing lives. It includes anecdotes from classic American and international writers such as John Steinbeck, Henry Miller, Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence as well as contemporary authors such as Michael Chabon, Junot Diaz, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ian McEwan, and Salman Rushdie. DeSalvo skillfully and gently guides writers to not only start their work, but immerse themselves fully in the process and create texts they will treasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise DeSalvo\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2018) was the multi-award-winning author of such memoirs as \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also a renowned feminist scholar and essayist who wrote about such literary figures as D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Virginia Woolf. Her book \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the most important books of the twentieth century by the \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA professor of English, Louise taught creative writing and literature at Hunter College where she implemented the school's MFA in Memoir program, and she wrote several books on creative writing including \u003ci\u003eWriting as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Times, Craft, and Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772609167648,"sku":"9781250051035","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c83179227edb30dc02fa758fe9d003a5.webp?v=1780409442","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-slow-writing-reflections-on-time-craft-and-creativity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}