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

Staw, Jane Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312301200 ISBN 13: 9780312301200

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2003

Synopsis

A practical guide for writers at any level shares strategies on how to overcome writer's block for any writing project, identifying common causes of writer's block as well as methods for beginning the writing process. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Anne Staw, Ph.D., has taught writing at Stanford University and the University of Iowa, and currently teaches at the UC Berkeley Extension School and the University of San Francisco M.F.A. Program in Writing. She also works with writers individually, helping them to overcome writer's block. A published poet with an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa, she is the author, with Mary Swander, of Parsnips in the Snow. She lives in Berkeley, California.

From the Back Cover

Writers' Praise for Unstuck

"My book would not exist without Jane Anne Staw. She creatively, lovingly, and patiently guided me past my convoluted blocks. And she can do it for you. Unstuck will transform your relationship to your writing and wisely help free you into your true writing self."
--Susan G. Wooldridge, author of Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words

"Unstuck is filled with honesty, compassion, and a lyrical prose that leaves its indelible impressions on you long after you've put the book down. An overdue essential that will become every writer's companion."
--Regina Louise, author of Somebody's Someone

"I would not have written my book were it not for Jane Anne Staw. Her ability to see what I was trying to say and do, and to understand me as a writer, made it possible for me to keep writing. Unstuck offers readers the same chance to benefit from her wisdom and experience "
--Susan P. Halpern, M.S.W., author of The Etiquette of Illness: What to Say When You Can't Find the Words

"Jane Anne Staw helped me find my voice, providing texture and context to my ideas. Once 'unstuck' myself, I wrote my second book in two months, and it will be published later this year. Unstuck will help writers learn to take risks and enjoy the writing process, as well as the results."
-Guy T. Saperstein, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney

"Jane Anne Staw's honest, insightful techniques demystify the sometimes paralyzing experience of being a writer, while allowing the magic and mystery of the process to flourish. Unstuck offers all of this to you."
-Rebecca Di Liberto, M.F.A.candidate, Columbia University

"It may sound hyperbolic to say that working with Jane Anne Staw changed my life. But it's true. How did she help a 60-something psychiatrist-who knew all the reasons for his writer's block already-finally deliver? Read Unstuck, which explains both the complexity of the
cf0problem and the simplicity of the cure."
--Neal Bloomenfeld, M.D.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312301200
• ISBN 13: 9780312301200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272