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Dear writer pep talks & practical advice for the creative life

"Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explo...

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Main Author: Smith, Maggie, 1977- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2025.
Edition:First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Creative ability.
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Summary:"Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts"--
Physical Description:xvi, 253 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781982170844
1982170840
9781982170899
1982170891
Author Notes:Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of nine books of poetry and prose, including A Suit or a Suitcase , You Could Make This Place Beautiful , Good Bones , Goldenrod , Keep Moving , and My Thoughts Have Wings. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker , The Paris Review , The Nation, The New York Times , The Atlantic , The Best American Poetry , and more. She is the host of The Slowdown . You can find her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.

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