{"product_id":"the-release-creativity-and-freedom-after-the-writing-is-done-paperback","title":"The Release: Creativity and Freedom After the Writing Is Done - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Jarrett Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project--its gift. Here's how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Release\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew invites writers to lift their heads out of the product-oriented sandbox and find an alternative way to play. By returning writers to their original delight and guiding them in an ongoing creative practice, Andrew helps form habits of mind, heart, and body to support a project's final flourishing, free from the burdens of seeking validation and measuring worth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the same skill and compassion she brought to her other resources for writers--\u003ci\u003eWriting the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiving Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e--Andrew writes with deep empathy for the emotional journey when a work is done, through celebration and grief, decisions around publication, the angst of receiving negative feedback or rejection, and the sometimes surprising challenges that come with success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone--amateurs and professionals alike, those who intend to publish and those who do not, those with book-length manuscripts and those with haiku written on paper scraps--can do this practice. This book is for anyone who wants to release their work with love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Jarrett Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiving Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Nautilus Award. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eSwinging on the Garden Gate: A Memoir of Bisexuality \u0026amp; Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, is now in its second edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457255030962,"sku":"9781558969285","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2e030847faf8a1a8c59b083655f7e868.webp?v=1778878393","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-release-creativity-and-freedom-after-the-writing-is-done-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}