At times writers--from the unpublished to jaded lifers--need a fire lit under them to pursue the complex work of self-exploration.
Through guided prompts, worksheets, checklists, publishing advice, personal essays, and strategies, Silverman encourages writers to find the confidence and courage to write Stories that reach beyond the page through their intimacy, social engagement, and honesty..
Featuring a personal essay in each chapter, Silverman uses her own work to model a specific concept or approach, demonstrating how obsessions, secrets, and memories can burn on the page.
This holistic approach to Writing emphasizes how the creative process brings together the heart, mind, and senses to illuminate the human condition through language.
Acetylene Torch Songs uniquely illustrates how the writer\'s imaginative spirit comes alive on the page through metaphor, literary masks, sensory memories, voice, obsessions, and more.
She encourages craftiness as well as craft and urges writers to embark on emotional quests in pursuit of their art.
Drawing on twenty-five years of teaching and mentoring writers, Sue William Silverman stresses practice over theory.
Acetylene Torch Songs provides that spark for memoirists and essayists seeking mentor-based instruction and inspiration.
At times writers--from the unpublished to jaded lifers--need a fire lit under them to pursue the complex work of self-exploration
