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Driven to Write : 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft - Ellen Pinsky

Driven to Write

45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft

By: Ellen Pinsky (Editor), Michael Slevin (Editor)

Paperback | 28 July 2025 | Edition Number 1

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In this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields —poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more— explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.

In contributions arranged under three headings— "Models and Mentors," "Urges and Traumas," and "Evidence and Experiences"—each writer explores their personal understanding of writing as a psychological necessity. In varying ways, these candid, often emotional essays reveal a range of intimate, mysterious and unpredictable purposes and motivations.

Driven to Write provides fresh, practical, and imaginative approaches to literary art for aspiring and established writers alike.

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