Syllable of Water Twenty Writers of Faith Reflect upon Their Art

Name: Syllable of Water Twenty Writers of Faith Reflect upon Their Art
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ISBN: 9781557255662

ISBN-10: 1557255660

ISBN-13: 9781557255662

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard Foster, Philip Yancey, Emilie Griffin

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A deep well of practical and inspirational wisdom for every Christian writer Imagine you have the chance to spend an hour or so alone with a couple of well-published writers. Imagine they share with you secrets of their art, and reveal how their art relates to their faith. This is the experience awaiting you with the twenty-two authors of this book. In A Syllable of Water, some of today's leading writers of faith reflect on all aspects of the writing vocation and process in ways that will inform and inspire. Philip Yancey, Richard Foster, Luci Shaw, and others discuss everything from the tools of a writer to the ways that they spend their time when they are not writing. Editors such as…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Paraclete Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 225
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Richard Foster is the founder of RENOVARï¿½ and author of a number of internationally bestselling books including CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE and PRAYER. Richard travels throughout the world, speaking and teaching on the spiritual life.

Philip Yancey is a journalist and writer who writes a featured column in Christianity Today. The author of more than a dozen books. He is the recipient of a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, two ECPA Book of the Year Awards, and eleven Gold Medallions. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado.



Introduction: The Word Made Flesh




Beginnings, Disciplines, Tools & Faith



Gushers and Bleeders: On Getting Started




Within Infinite Purposes: On Writing and Place




The Writer's Notebook: On Journal Keeping




Realms of Gold and Stout Cortez: On Why Writers Ought to Read Widely and Well




Getting It Right: On Research




A Twitch Upon the Thread: On Writing as an Act of Faith




Entering into the Dark and Essential Places That Writing Demands: On Writer's Block




Genres



Deeper Subjects: On Writing Creative Nonfiction




The Novel Taking Form: On Building Fiction




Being Smarter Than We Are: On the Short Story




Narrating Our Lives: On Memoir




Steep and Exhilarating Mountains of Playwriting: On Drama




A Troubled and Troubling Mirror: On Poetry




The Literature of Fact: On the Writer as Journalist




Made Visible and Plain: On Spiritual Writing




Babylon, Babel, Babble: On Translation (Part I)




Word and Spirit: On Translation (Part II)




Endings



After the Fire of Writing: On Revision




Offstage: On the Writer and the Editor



Contributors


The Chrysostom Society