Writing creativity and soul / Sue Monk Kidd.
When Sue Monk Kidd was in high school, a home economics teacher wrote a list of potential occupations for women on the blackboard: teacher, nurse, librarian, secretary. "Writer" was nowhere to be found. On that day, Kidd shut the door on her writerly aspirations and would not revisit the topic until many years later when she announced to her husband and two children that she was going to become a writer. And so began her journey into the mysteries and methods of the writerly life... In Writing Creativity and Soul, Sue Monk Kidd will pull from her own life and the lives of other writers--Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Harper Lee, and many others--to provide a map for anyone who has ever felt lost as a writer. At the heart of this book is the unwavering belief that writing is a spiritual act, one that draws inspiration from the soul, that wellspring of creativity between imagination and feeling. Once you tap into that part of yourself, said Maya Angelou, there are only three more things you need as a writer: something to say, the ability to say it, and, perhaps most difficult of all, the courage to say it. Equal parts memoir, guidebook, and spiritual quest, Writing Creativity and Soul is a pilgrimage and a touchstone, a journey into the transformational force of the imagination and the creative genius that lies in the unconscious.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593804643
- ISBN: 0593804643
- Physical Description: xi, 214 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foreword / by Ann Kidd Taylor -- Only three things : introduction -- Moorings: Origin story ; Longing, creativity, and the missing penny ; A pilgrimage to the room of one's own ; Trembling boldness ; Largeness ; When can I call myself a writer? -- Mystery: The source ; Conceiving stories ; Writing rituals : little boxes and shark teeth ; The empty space ; Creative loitering ; Dreams ; The Brontë table -- Method: A method to your madness ; About characters : four questions ; Planners and improvisers ; Just begin ; Story and plot structure ; The narrative chain ; Making a scene ; Hurry slowly ; These are a few of my favorite things ; Thoughts on writing memoir ; When in doubt -- Meaning: Flow ; The curative power of writing ; Writing out loud ; The common heart.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 808.02 KID (Text) | 36015000748950 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
