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Roost10/15/2019Pages: 224Size: 5.5 x 7.5ISBN: 9781611806656DetailsA guide for the next generation of writers—self-care rituals, creativity-generating rhythms, and personalized strategies for embracing a creative life.
Wild Words is an invitation to explore the intersection of your writing practice with everything else in your busy life. Through personal stories and practical lessons you’ll learn how to enter a new relationship with your creativity, one that honors where you’ve been, where you’re headed, and where you are today. Discover methods to support a sustainable writing practice, clarifying and nourishing routines, an understanding of your own creative history, and guidance on how to make small but powerful mind-set shifts (such as how to see a career as a partner rather than an obstacle). Above all, Wild Words encourages you to approach creativity through a seasonal lens and helps you untangle the messy process of embracing your circumstances, trusting your voice, and making time to put pen to paper, season after season.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioNicole Gulotta launched the blog Eat This Poem in January 2012 as a way to fuse two of her passions: food and writing. She has an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and studied literature and art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2011, she founded The Giving Table, a website that empowers everyone to change the food system. She’s a regular contributor for Life & Thyme magazine, and her work has been featured in Positive Writer, Christian Science Monitor, and numerous guest posts. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and French bulldog.Praise"Wild Words does the near impossible: equips the doubting, frenzied mind with the rhythms and tools it needs to drop down into the body of the writer and, finally, surrender to write. Every season, ritual, and routine feels like a deep breath into creativity." —Lily Diamond, author of Kale & Caramel
"With her beautiful prose and practical, meet-you-where-you-are, organic routines, Nicole Gulotta sheds light on how to cultivate a lifelong relationship with creativity—one that reframes the work from a stressful, frenzied task to a joyful, fulfilling, and sustainable practice. Wild Words is a true gift to anyone who has ever wondered how to find and share their unique voice." —Stef Ferrari, co-author of A Woman’s Place
"If you’ve ever said, ‘I don’t have time to write,’ this book will prove you wrong. It is a must read. Gulotta’s personal story is both compelling and inspiring; her exercises make it easy for anyone to apply these lessons to whatever season of life you’re in with your writing career." —Jeff Goins, best-selling author of You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
"In a sea of books on writing that mercilessly urge aspiring authors to live, breathe, and bleed their craft—often at the expense of their physical, mental, and emotional well-being—Wild Words is a breath of fresh air. Divided into 10 digestible chapters that break the writer’s journey into seasons, this gentle guidebook has advice for every stage of your writing career. Offering manageable exercises that fit comfortably into a busy schedule, Gulotta makes the seemingly impossible task of carving out time to be creative actually possible. For all my fellow writers out there, this one is for you." —[Edit] Magazine
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