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The Soul of Place: A Creative Writing Workbook: Ideas and Exercises for Conjuring the Genius Loci
Linda Lappin
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Description for The Soul of Place: A Creative Writing Workbook: Ideas and Exercises for Conjuring the Genius Loci
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; GBC; WTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
In this engaging creative writing workbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres--literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction--discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love. Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest--to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy and identity of a place, writers can access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The Soul of Place provides instruction on how to evoke that power. The writing exercises ... Read more
In this engaging creative writing workbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres--literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction--discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love. Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest--to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy and identity of a place, writers can access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The Soul of Place provides instruction on how to evoke that power. The writing exercises ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Travelers´ Tales, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9781609521035
SKU
V9781609521035
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About Linda Lappin
Tennessee-born Linda Lappin, novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, is the author of three novels, The Etruscan (Wynkin de Worde, 2004), Katherine's Wish (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2008) and Signatures in Stone: A Bomarzo Mystery (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2013), winner of the 2014 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense Writing. Upcoming projects include a memoir, Postcards from ... Read more
Reviews for The Soul of Place: A Creative Writing Workbook: Ideas and Exercises for Conjuring the Genius Loci
2015 Gold Medal NAUTILUS Book Award Winner in the category of Creative Process! Invaluable advice for the writer and traveler, deeply thoughtful.
Lavinia Spalding, author of Writing Away, editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing Insightful exercises help creative writers of all levels attune themselves to the power of place in order to churn out evocative prose ... Read more
Lavinia Spalding, author of Writing Away, editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing Insightful exercises help creative writers of all levels attune themselves to the power of place in order to churn out evocative prose ... Read more