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    A Writer's Guide To Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice

    By Jordan Rosenfeld

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    Practice. Polish. Persist.

    Your writing journey can take you many places: hiking through steep mountains, traversing unknown territory, hurdling both roadblocks and rejections. Even the siren song of fame and fortune can distract you from your true purpose: to express yourself in an authentic and meaningful way, and to share your words with others.

    A Writer's Guide to Persistence is your road map through the rugged terrain of the writer's path. You'll discover advice and techniques for cultivating a fruitful, deeply meaningful writing life by practicing your craft, polishing your work, and persisting through even the toughest challenges.

    Inside you'll find:

    • Practical ways to balance writing with the rest of your life: taming your busy schedule, increasing your productivity, and committing to a writing practice
    • Advice for developing authentic work: finding your voice, writing bravely, and breaking the blocks to creative flow
    • Methods for stretching your skills through craft and revision
    • Thoughts on pushing through rejection and doubt, submitting strong, nourishing yourself to avoid burnout, and keeping your mind and body fit
    Filled with journaling exercises and much-needed motivation, as well as insights from best-selling writers in a variety of genres, A Writer's Guide to Persistence will help you find the joy and purpose inherent in a writer's life. Your journey to publication and success may take a lifetime, but you can sow the rewards of writing with every step.

    "A compassionate and intelligent guide for any writer who's just starting out or one who needs the understanding and encouragement of a great writing coach. Rosenfeld offers practical solutions for every concern, from how to find the time to write to getting through writer's block." --Patricia V. Davis, best-selling author

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Digest Books
    Release dateApr 15, 2015
    ISBN9781599638881
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    A Writer's Guide To Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice
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    Jordan Rosenfeld

    Jordan is an author, writing coach, editor and freelance journalist. She earned her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the author of the books, Make A Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time (Writer’s Digest Books) and Write Free! Attracting the Creative Life with Rebecca Lawton (BeijaFlor Books). Jordan’s essays and articles have appeared in such publications as AlterNet.org, Publisher’s Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, The St. Petersburg Times, The Writer and Writer’s Digest magazine. Her book commentaries have appeared on The California Report, a news-magazine produced by NPR-affiliate KQED radio. She's working on two more books from Writer's Digest Books, coming in 2015: A Writer's Guide to Persistence: A Toolkit to Build & Bolster a Lasting Writing Practice and, with Martha Alderson, Deep Scenes: Plotting Your Story Scene-by-Scene Through Action, Emotion and Theme.

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    • 4/5
      This is a good solid read with lots of practical advice. Rosenfeld tackles all the usual things that can demotivate a writer and cause them to struggle. A useful book to have on hand when the going gets tough writing.