{"product_id":"before-we-get-started-a-practical-memoir-of-the-writers-life-9780345478177","title":"Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer's Life","description":"This marvelous guide begins where other books on writing and the writing life leave off. Delving deep into the creative process, Bret Lott reveals truths we scarcely realized we needed to know but without which we as writers will soon lose our way. In ten intimate essays based on his own experiences and on the seasoned wisdom of writers including Eudora Welty, E. B. White, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, and John Gardner, Lott explores such topics as \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- why write? why keep writing?\u003cbr\u003e- the importance of simple words\u003cbr\u003e- the finer points of character detail\u003cbr\u003e- narrative and the passage of time\u003cbr\u003e- the pitfalls of technique\u003cbr\u003e- making a plan-and letting it go\u003cbr\u003e- risking failure-and reaping the benefits\u003cbr\u003e- Accepting rejection \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriters travel alone, but Bret Lott's book makes the journey less lonely and infinitely more rewarding. Before We Get Started will help you make your work as good as it can be: \"Pay attention recklessly. Strain to see through the window of your own artistic consciousness in the exhilarating knowledge that there is no path to the waterfall, and there are a million paths to the waterfall, and there is, too, only one path: yours.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345478177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Connections\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2004 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2004 pg. 530\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2005 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bret Lott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43971914236085,"sku":"9780345478177","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fa7cacb7-2567-4838-8dd0-342805dfffb7.jpg?v=1713280344","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/before-we-get-started-a-practical-memoir-of-the-writers-life-9780345478177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}