{"product_id":"pep-talks-warnings-and-screeds-indispensable-wisdom-and-cautionary-advice-for-writers-1582975655","title":"Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1582975655\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Singleton, George\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToddlersand drunksbang around hitting walls, tables, chairs, the floor, and other people, trying to find their legs. Writing fiction is a similar process. Sometimes it might take a while before the story gets some balance and moves forward. Sometimes the story takes off as if motor-driven, then crashes into something not foreseen or expected. Learning to be a writer is all about finding your legs, and doing your best to convince onlookers that you know what you're doing and where you're going.In Pep Talks, Warnings \u0026amp; Screeds, acclaimed Southern story writer and novelist George Singleton serves up everything you ever need to know to become a real writer (meaning one who actually writes), in bite-sized aphorisms. It's Nietzsche's Beyond Good \u0026amp; Evil meets Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. It's cough syrup that tastes like chocolate cake. In other words, don't expect to get better unless you get a good dose of it, maybe two.Accompanied by more than fifty original full-color illustrations by novelist Daniel Wallace, these laugh-out-loud funny, candid, and surprisingly useful lessons will help you find your own writerly balance so you can continue to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979312496928,"sku":"NEW1582975655","price":50.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/pep-talks-warnings-and-screeds-indispensable-wisdom-and-cautionary-advice-for-writers-1582975655","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}