Writing Creativity and SoulWriting Creativity and Soul

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings, a book about the wellsprings of the inner life and the creative genius that lies in the unconscious: an inspiring and unforgettable guide to awakening the soul. Part memoir, part philosophical investigation, part advice to aspiring writers, Writing Creativity and Soul is a touchstone for the spirit, a work of profound pilgrimage that will be of value to aspiring writers and anyone who hungers to lead a deeper and more fulfilling life. "If you encounter writing infused with soul, you know it," writes Sue Monk Kidd. "It feeds you somewhere inside... our internal revolutions, our reach for our true selves, our struggle to write unsayable things with brave voices comes about through a succession of brief, amazing moments." This is a book about writing that is so much more--an exhortation to dive deeply into the creative instinct, whatever form it happens to take, to nourish the imagination and cultivate a practice of attention to the mysteries and yearnings of our own hearts. Everything readers love about Sue Monk Kidd is in these pages: the warmth, the fierce intelligence, the wit, and the search for beauty and meaning and wonder in the world through the sacred act of storytelling.