{"product_id":"writing-alone-and-with-others-paperback","title":"Writing Alone and with Others - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePat Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Elbow\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds--the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. Her innovative methods have worked in classrooms from elementary to\u003cbr\u003egraduate level, in jail cells and public housing projects, in convents and seminaries, in youth at-risk programs, and with groups of the terminally ill.\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \u003cem\u003eWriting Alone and with Others\u003c\/em\u003e, Schneider's acclaimed methods are available in a single, well-organized, and highly readable volume. The first part of the book guides the reader through the perils of the solitary writing life: fear, writer's block, and the bad habits of the internal critic.\u003cbr\u003eIn the second section, Schneider describes the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, widely used across the U.S. and abroad. Chapters on fiction and poetry address matters of technique and point to further resources, while more than a hundred writing exercises offer specific ways to jumpstart\u003cbr\u003ethe blocked and stretch the rut-stuck. Schneider's innovative teaching method will refresh the experienced writer and encourage the beginner. Her book is the essential owner's manual for the writer's voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePat Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e is Founder and Director of Amherst Writers \u0026amp; Artists and Editor at Amherst Writers \u0026amp; Artists Press. An adjunct professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, she has taught independent writing workshops nationally and internationally. Her pioneering work using creative writing as a means of empowering low-income populations is the subject of an award-winning documentary, \u003cem\u003eTell Me Something I Can't Forget\u003c\/em\u003e, by Florentine Films. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Elbow\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and author of \u003cem\u003eWriting with Power\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEveryone Can Write\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.18 x 6.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403434062129,"sku":"9780195165739","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/eDlaMk1PWjY3Wmx0Vi9FUzVOUHFOZz09.webp?v=1768918224","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/writing-alone-and-with-others-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}