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A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement

Barbara Abercrombie, Ed.

Format

Paperback

Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.

408

Publisher

New World Library

Date Published

June 12, 2012

ISBN-10

1608680517

ISBN-13

9781608680511

ASIN

1608680517

In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombie’s students who have gone from paralyzed to published.

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A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement 2012-07-07 21:06:23 Julie Clayton

Overall rating		4.7
Style		5.0
Content		5.0
Consciousness		4.0

Reviewed by Julie Clayton July 07, 2012
Last updated: July 07, 2012
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365 entries on the art of writing, a compendium of day-to-day inspiration, punctuated with brief quotes from notable writers make this a lush resource for reading, writing prompts, and encouragement for any writer or would-be writer.

#5 Getting Caught:
"I asked a group of students once if writing felt dangerous to them. They all nodded their heads vigorously, so I asked them to write why. One student wrote, "Writing is dangerous because you might get caught."
Caught, found out, exposed. The stuff of nightmares.
Is this why writing feels so scary sometimes? We're caught like a fish on the hook of our own words, our secrets exposed, our inner life and imagination up for inspection."

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