Writer with a Day Job by Aine Greaney

Writer with a Day Job by Aine Greaney

Don (TM)t let the daily grind drain your creative energy

You can work full time and still have a productive writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing dream. Don (TM)t wait. You can do both and your writing will be the better for it.

Balancing a full-time job and a productive writing life is no easy feat This book offers writers advice, skill-building techniques, prompts, and exercises in every chapter, and strategies on how to get and keep writing while also working the 9 to 5 grind.

Readers will discover tips and exercises for:

- Setting and protecting personal writing goals
- Creating a schedule that complements their stamina
- Getting creative before and after work - and on their lunch hour
- Finding inspiration in the most unlikely of spots and at the most impromptu of times
- Writing proficiently in multiple forms (long and short) so that they don't get bogged down writing one long project
- Becoming an active participant in writing communities so they have a solid support system at the ready
- Figuring out how (if at all) to share their writing life with co-workers, friends, and family members

You (TM)ll also get quick, practical tutorials to help you master scenes, point of view, characters, settings, dialogue, and more.

Writer With a Day Job gives you the strategies and motivation you need to work 40 hours a week (or more ) and achieve writing success.

Greaney, Aine: - ü¾Œ–Œ¼ine Greaney is the author of two novels, Dance Lessons and The Big House, a collection of short stories, The Sheepbreeders Dance, and an instructional guide, Writer with a Day Job. Her essays and articles have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, NPR/WBUR, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, The Drum, New Hibernia Review, and Litro Magazine. Educated in Dublin, Ireland and Albany, New York, she has been a U.S. resident for thirty-two years and a naturalized U.S. citizen for two-and counting. Greaney lives and works in the Boston area.

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ISBN 13	9781582979960
ISBN 10	1582979960
Title	Writer with a Day Job
Author	Aine Greaney
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	F&W Publications Inc
Year published	2011-06-05
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.