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Book: Hardback | 235 x 159mm | 256 pages | ISBN 9781594489204 | 25 Apr 2006 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
In these tumultuous times, don't we all want to be heard? Who doesn't want to transform the world? And who doesn't harbor a secret ambition to write? Writing to Change the World is intended to help people who have a message they're passionate about to convey it clearly through writing. Inspired by a course of the same name that Mary Pipher taught at the University of Nebraska's National Summer Writers' Conference, this book encapsulates her years of experience as a writer and therapist, as well as her extensive knowledge of the craft of writing.
Writing to Change the World combines practical instruction with inspirational commentary, featuring personal anecdotes, memorable quotations from other writers, practical how-to advice, and stories about writers who have transformed society through their work. In addition to laying out the various steps of the writing process-brainstorming, writing, revising, and publishing-Pipher gives advice about specific forms of advocacy writing: op-ed pieces, letters, essays, speeches, and blogs. She inspires readers to take up their pens, while reflecting on the writer's responsibilities as a moral agent. This is a book that really can make a difference!
Writing to Change the World
Introduction What We Alone Can Say
One. Writing to Connect
Two. Know Thyself
Three. What You Alone Can Say
Four. Growing Our Souls
Five. Mr. USA The Writing Process
Six. Diving In—Getting Started
Seven. The Psychology of Change
Eight. Swimming Along—The Writing Process
Nine. Point of View
Ten. Cooling Down—Revising Calls to Action
Eleven. Letters
Twelve. Speeches
Thirteen. Personal Essays
Fourteen. Blogs—A Revolutionary New Tool
Fifteen. Music and Poetry
Coda. Seeking Stillness/Inspiring Action Recommended Readings
Acknowledgments
