Ensouling Language
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
978-1-59477-382-2 (ISBN)
• Shows how nonfiction, especially how-to and self-help, can take on the same power and luminosity as great fiction
• Develops processes to reliably induce the dreaming state from which all writing comes
• Teaches the skill of analogical thinking that is the core perceptual tool for writers
• Explores the subtle techniques of powerful writing, from inducing associational dreaming in the reader, to language symmetry, sound patterning, foreshadowing, feeling flow, and more
Approaching writing as a sacred art, Stephen Buhner explores the core of the craft: the communication of deep meaning that feeds not just the mind but also the soul of the reader. Tapping into the powerful archetypes within language, he shows how to enrich your writing by following “golden threads” of inspiration while understanding the crucial invisibles essential to the art of both fiction and nonfiction: how to craft language with feeling and vision, employ altered states of mind to access the writing trance, clear your work by recognizing the powerful sway of clichéd thinking and hidden baggage, and intentionally generate duende--that physical/emotional response to art that gives you chills, opens up unrecognized aspects of reality, or simply resonates in your soul. Covering some very practical aspects of writing such as layering and word symmetry, the author also explores the inner world of publishing--what you really will encounter when you become a writer. He then shows how to develop a powerful and engaging book proposal based on understanding the proposal as a work of fiction--the map is never the territory, nor is the proposal the book that it will become.
This book, written using all the techniques discussed within it, offers a powerful, experiential journey into the heart of writing. It does for nonfiction what John Gardner’s books on writing did for fiction. It is one of the most significant works on writing published in our time.
Stephen Harrod Buhner (1952–2022) was the author of 13 books of nonfiction and 1 of poetry. His books have been translated into 14 languages and have been nominated for 11 awards, winning 8. He was a member of PEN and the Authors Guild.
Before Buying This Book
I--The Touch of a Golden Thread
1. The Bookman
2. The Secret All Beginning Writers Want to Know
II--Inhabiting the Word
3. On the Art of Nonfiction
4. You Must Begin with Something Deeper in the Self
5. “The Road of Feeling”
6. “It Burns the Blood Like Powdered Glass”
7. The Skill of Duende
8. Following Golden Threads
III--Dreaming and the Journey to the Imaginal
9. “A Certain Adjustment of Consciousness”
10. “The Secret Kinesis of Things”
11. Aisthesis
12. Synaesthetic Writing and the Beginnings of Analogical Thought
13. Analogical Thinking
14. The Dreamer and the “Secret Room where Dreams Prowl”
15. The Imaginal Realm
16. Poesis
IV--On Technique
The First Draft, Revision, Clarity, and Refinement
17. The First Draft and the Beginnings of Revision
18. Problems and Further Revisioning
19. Clichéd Thinking and Killing the Genuine
20. Hidden Baggage
21. Some Subtle Refinements of the Art
22. Grammar Nazis and Editors-from-Hell
23. Some Final Words on the Writing Life
Epilogue
The Appendices--On the Business of Writing
Appendix A. The People in Publishing and the Business End of the Profession
Appendix B. The Art of the Book Proposal (Training in the Big Lie)
Appendix C. Further Reading, Resources, and Recommendations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 637 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59477-382-3 / 1594773823 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59477-382-2 / 9781594773822 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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