Writing for Bliss by Diana Raab

Writing for Bliss by Diana Raab

Writing for Bliss is most fundamentally about reflection, truth, and freedom. With techniques and prompts for both the seasoned and novice writer, it will lead you to tap into your creativity through storytelling and poetry, examine how life-changing experiences can inspire writing, pursue self-examination and self-discovery through the written word, and, understand how published writers have been transformed by writing.

Poet and memoirist Raab (Lust) credits her lifelong love of writing and its therapeutic effects with inspiring her to write this thoughtful and detailed primer that targets pretty much anyone interested in writing a memoir. Most compelling here is Raab's willingness to share her intimate stories (e.g., the loss of a relative, ongoing struggles with cancer, a difficult relationship with her mother). Her revelations are encouraging to writers who feel they need permission to take... a voyage of self-discovery. The book's seven-step plan includes plenty of guidance, including on learning to read like a writer, and on addressing readers as if seated across the table . Raab covers big topics such as the art and power of storytelling and small details such as choosing pens and notebooks that you enjoy using. She also helps readers with the important step of finding your form.
--PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

Writing for Bliss is about the profound ways in which we may be transformed in and through the act of writing. I am grateful to Diana Raab for sharing it, and I trust that you will feel the same as you read on. May you savor the journey.
--from the foreword by MARK FREEMAN, PhD

By listening to ourselves and being aware of what we are saying and feeling, the true story of our life's past experience is revealed. Diana Raab's book gives us the insights by which we can achieve this through her life-coaching wisdom and our writing.
--BERNIE SIEGEL, MD, author of The Art of Healing

Only a talented writer who has fought hard to overcome life's many obstacles could take her readers by the hand and lead them through
the writing process with such enormous compassion, amazing insight, and kindness. Diana Raab is a powerful, wise, intelligent guide
well worth our following.
--JAMES BROWN, author of The Los Angeles Diaries and The River

Writing for Bliss is far more than a 'how-to manual'; it enlightens the creative process with wisdom and a delightful sense of adventure.
Bravo to Bliss
--LINDA GRAY SEXTON, author of Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton

Uniquely blending inspiring insights with practical advice, Diana guides you on a path to discover the story that is truly inside you and yearning to be told.
--PATRICK SWEENEY, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Succeed on Your Own Terms

DIANA RAAB, PhD, is an award-winning memoirist, poet, blogger, workshop facilitator, thought provoker, and survivor. She's the author of nine books and over one thousand articles and poems. She lives in Southern California.

Learn more at www.DianaRaab.com

From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com

Raab is a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor. She is the author of three poetry collections: Dear Anas: My Life in Poems for You, The Guilt Gene, and My Muse Undresses Me, as well as the memoir Regina's Closet: Discovering My Grandmother's Hidden Diary, which won several accolades, including the 2009 Mom's Choice Award for Adult Nonfiction and the 2008 Indie Excellence Award for Memoir.

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ISBN 13	9781615993246
ISBN 10	161599324X
Titel	Writing for Bliss
Autor	Diana Raab
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Loving Healing Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-09-01
Seitenanzahl	238
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.