Walking on Alligators: A Book of Meditations for Writers - Paperback

by Susan Shaughnessy (Author)

Walking on Alligators is a collection of useful and enduring advice on the craft of writing. Susan Shaughnessy combines fresh and witty quotes from experienced writers and her own carefully considered ideas to provide a daily motivator full of insights on how to work against resistance, live with the loneliness, develop discipline, and take risks. Walking on Alligators provides students with an insistent wake-up call for the creative urge; exploring every aspect of the practice and process of writing.

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A daily motivator for people who write--and for all those who long to write--providing an insistent wake-up call for the creative urge, with insights on how to work against resistance, live with the loneliness, develop discipline, and dare to take deeper risks in their work.