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The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

A best-selling, Pulizer Prize-winning author looks at her craft and, in a series of illuminating metaphors and anecdotes, paints a picture of a demanding, unpredictable, and sometimes absurd existence

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The book's sentences about the sensation of writing, describing it as unmerited grace that is only given after much effort, were recalled and discussed in relation to the creative process.

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She said, at its best the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you but only if you look for it. You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain. And then, and o...

— Episode: [Unedited] Elizabeth Gilbert with Krista...

Episode: [Unedited] Elizabeth Gilbert with Krista Tippett

The book's sentences about the sensation of writing, describing it as unmerited grace that is only given after much effort, were recalled and discussed in relation to the creative process.

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She said, at its best the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you but only if you look for it. You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain. And then, and only then, it is handed to you.

Episode: Elizabeth Gilbert — Choosing Curiosity Over Fear

The book contains sentences about writing as an unmerited grace, requiring heartbreak, and being handed to the writer only after intense work.

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Do you know that book by Annie Dillard, The Writing Life?

And she said, at its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it. You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain. And then and only then it is handed to you.

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