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In this inspiring book, based on 20 years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life. She draws on the journals, diaries, letters and works of dozens of famous writers and students of the craft to illustrate how people "change physically and psychologically when they work on projects that grow from a deep, authentic place". With insight and wit, she illuminates how writers, from Virginia Woolf, Henry Miller and Marcel Proust to Janet F
In this inspiring book, based on 20 years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life. She draws on the journals, diaries, letters and works of dozens of famous writers and students of the craft to illustrate how people "change physically and psychologically when they work on projects that grow from a deep, authentic place". With insight and wit, she illuminates how writers, from Virginia Woolf, Henry Miller and Marcel Proust to Janet Frame, Audre Lorde and Isabel Allende, have been transformed by the writing process. Writing as a Way of Healing includes valuable advice and practical techniques to guide and inspire both beginners and experienced writers.
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Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Release date: 30 April 2000
ISBN-10 : 0807072435 |
Tags: Art (1), Spirituality (1), Story (1), Want (1), Writing (1), Journaling (1), Transformation (1), Stories (1), Think (1), Storytelling (1), Healing (1), Words (1), Health/Wellness (1), Expressive Arts Therapy (1), Creative Process (1)
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