Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True - Elizabeth Berg

Crystal clear, bracing as ice water, Escaping Into the Open should be read by all scribblers regardless of material success. --Rita Mae Brown Bestselling, award-winning novelist Elizabeth Berg knows a thing or two about writing, having graced the world with wonderful works of fiction including Talk Before Sleep , The Year of Pleasures , and the acclaimed Oprah Book Club Selection, Open House . With Escaping Into the Open , she offers an inspiring, eminently entertaining, and delightfully practical handbook on the joys, challenges, and creative possibilities inherent in the writing life. Now revised with new material--a classic in the vein of Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird --Elizabeth Berg's Escaping Into the Open is an indispensable guide for any aspiring storyteller.