One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft

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Overview

Whether you are a writer of fiction or essays, or want to explore poetry or memoir, Tiberghien’s twelve fundamental lessons will help you discover and develop your own distinct voice. Tiberghien’s inventive exercises focus on the processes unique to each genre, while also offering skills applicable to any kind of writing, from authentic dialogue to masterful short-shorts. With vivid examples from literary masters such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Eduardo Galeano, May Sarton, Terry Tempest Williams, and Orhan Pamuk, One Year to a Writing Life is an essential guidebook of exercises, practical advice, and wisdom for anyone looking to embrace, explore, and implement creativity in everyday life.

What People Are Saying

Larry Habegger
"Tiberghien's wisdom sparkles through her eloquence and precision in describing, illuminating, and bringing to life the key elements of great writing, and in leading us through the process of becoming great writers ourselves."--(Larry Habegger, Writing Teacher and Executive Editor, Travelers' Tales Books)
Lee Gutkind
"Tiberghien provides a clear, affectionate, and truly inspiring window into the world of writing."--(Lee Gutkind, editor, Creative Nonfiction, author of Almost Human: Making Robots Think)
Marcia Mead Lèbre
"[T]he most illuminating and exciting book I have read about the journey to a life in writing: the awakening of the senses in the realm of self-expression. Each detailed and thoughtful chapter offers inspiration as well instruction on craft to both beginning writers and more experienced writers, encouraging them to explore other forms and most importantly, to read the masters and to continue to read."--(Marcia Mead Lèbre, Director, Paris Writers Workshop)
Michael Steinberg
"One Year to a Writing Life offers would-be and experienced writers a treasure-trove of resources in the form of exercises, prompts, and pointed examples, all of which are designed to get writing and thinking started. Tiberghien's advice, encouragement, and wisdom make this an invaluable book for writers at all stages of their writing lives."--(Michael Steinberg, founding editor of Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction and author of Still Pitching)
Thomas E. Kennedy
"Example by example, exercise by exercise, month by month, One Year to a Writing Life is a gift of hope to those who know they are writers but can't find a start, a gift of replenishment to those who have been at it for years but are going stale, and a gift of pleasure for those who simply wish to read and enjoy these fascinating ruminations on the process of writing."--(Thomas E. Kennedy, author of the Copenhagen Quartet; Advisory Editor, The Literary Review; International Editor, StoryQuarterly)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781600940583
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 8/28/2007
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 210,114
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.10 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Susan M. Tiberghien is an American-born writer living in Geneva, Switzerland. The author of three memoirs, she has also published widely in journals and anthologies. Tiberghien teaches and lectures at graduate programs, at C.G. Jung Centers, and at writers' conferences in the U.S. and in Europe.

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  • Posted March 9, 2012

    Really good!

    Never have I wanted a year to pass by so fast so I can gather and apply the knowledge from this book. Really helped ground me and made me look at my writing process in a completely different way.

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