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Unstuck A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block

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ISBN-10: 0312339801

ISBN-13: 9780312339807

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jane Anne Staw

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No one is immune to writer's block. From well-known novelists to students writing term papers, Ph.D. candidates, and associates in business and law firms, most anyone who writes has experienced either brief moments or longer periods when the words simply won't come. Based on her experience as a writing coach and instructor--and before that, as a blocked writer for many years--Jane Anne Staw provides practical, effective strategies for overcoming this common yet vexing problem. Topics include: * handling anxiety and fear * carving out time and space to write * clearing out old beliefs and doubts * techniques to relax * managing expectations * experimenting with genre, voice, and subject…    
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Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 1/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

<b>Jane Anne Staw, Ph.D.</b>, has taught writing at Stanford University, The University of Iowa, and currently teaches at the UC Berkeley Extension School and The University of San Francisco MFA Program in Writing. She also works with writers individually, overcoming writing block. She is the author of <i>Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block</i>. A published poet with an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa, she lives in Berkeley, California.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Right to Write
When It All Began
Flushing Out Our Enemies
First Words
Thinking Small
Showing Up for Yourself
"Real" Writers
Choosing Your Reader
Making Your Writing World Even Safer
The Peace Process
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
What Do You Want to Write?
Practicing Deep Compassion
What's at Stake