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

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ISBN-10: 0312301200

ISBN-13: 9780312301200

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Jane Anne Staw, M.f.a. Staw

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None of us is immune to writer's block. From well-known novelists to students, associates in business and law firms, and even those who struggle to sit down to write personal correspondence or journal entries -- everyone who writes has experienced either brief moments or longer periods when the words simply won't come. In Unstuck, poet, author and writing coach Jane Anne Staw uncovers the reasons we get blocked - from practical to emotional, and many in between - and offers powerful ways to get writing again. Based on her experiences working with writers as well as her own struggle with writer's block, Staw provides comfort and encouragement, along with effective strategies for working…    
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Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/19/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.902
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