Write for Your Life

De: Anna Quindlen

Narrado por: Anna Quindlen

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from “one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life” (The New York Times Book Review), #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write, and why everyone should.

What really matters in life? What truly lasts in our hearts and minds? Where can we find community, history, humanity? In this lyrical new book, the answer is clear: through writing. This is a book for what Quindlen calls “civilians,” those who want to use the written word to become more human, more themselves.

Write for Your Life argues that there has never been a more important time to stop and record what we are thinking and feeling. Using examples from past, present, and future—from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison, from love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today—Write for Your Life vividly illuminates the ways in which writing connects us to ourselves and to those we cherish. Drawing on her personal experiences not just as a writer but as a mother and daughter, Quindlen makes the case that recording our daily lives in writing is essential.

When we write we not only look, we see; we not only react but reflect. Writing gives you something to hold onto in a changing world. “To write the present,” Quindlen says, “is to believe in the future.”

Reseñas de la Crítica

“I have been fortunate enough to experience firsthand Anna Quindlen’s generosity of spirit, thoughtfulness, wisdom, and encouragement, writer to writer. It’s a wonderful thing, then, to see all of those qualities presented for writers everywhere in Write for Your Life, an invaluable guide to the hows and whys of expression, whether we’re aspiring to make art for the world around us or simply to learn more about our own lives. I’m sure that everyone who ever attempts to string a few words, or a lot of words, together to make some sort of sense will find much education and inspiration in this cherishable volume.”—Benjamin Dreyer, author of Dreyer’s English

“Highly recommended for those looking for a means of coming to terms with their lives and the world around them.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“Inspirational . . . The author’s journalistic eye for story and detail breathes life into her literary philosophies.”—Publishers Weekly

Praise for Anna Quindlen

“[Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Thank goodness for Anna Quindlen. [She] is smart. And compassionate. And witty. And wise.”—Detroit Free Press

“Anna Quindlen is America’s Resident Sane Person. She has what Joyce called the common touch, the ability to speak to many people about what’s on their minds before they have the vaguest idea what’s on their minds.”—The New York Times

“Classic Quindlen, at times witty, at times wise, and always of her time.”—The Miami Herald

“Quindlen is an astonishingly graceful writer.”—San Francisco Examiner

Inspiring!

This book provides the inspiration to write for personal reflection and to communicate life. I do recommend listening to it at a faster speed, which helps to build the enthusiasm

Anything but ordinary…

Anna’s passion for storytelling and her encouragement for others to share the ordinary, every day musings of a life in vivid creative ways, encourages me to continue to daydream, muse, and commit my thoughts and feelings to history be it paper or pixel. Her encouragement is infectious in her reading of her book. You will be gifted a master class with a creative writing teacher that we all needed, yet rarely encountered in school. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has a desire to be creative through the power of prose. I found this book inspiring. For those who may feel writing is too hard or seem to feel stuck, her encouragement to look past perfection, sharing her processes and others, while peering behind the publishable page, definitely opened my mind to begin again and focus on my own, unique, inner voice and see the value it can bring myself and others with the passage of time. Thank you. This book is a gift which I will continue to unwrap. This book would make a wonderful gift, paired with a blank journal, to anyone who has an interest in writing. 💕👊🏼

Inspiration

I enjoyed this book very much. If you feel the urge to write or thought about journaling this is a great book to motivate you

An inspiring telling

if you've ever thought about writing your story, a story, or someone else's story and hesitated because you don't consider yourself a writer...this book will change your mind.

My admiration continues.

I am a writer. I started out as a journalist admiring AQ’s “Life in the 30s” columns in the NYT and later the “Out Loud” compilations. Her writing voice has always spoken to me. Now here her actual voice was speaking to me!

She mentions that she responds to reader letters with hand-written notes. I was the lucky recipient of one of those notes more than 20 years ago. I still have it, in a frame, safe and preserved perfectly.

I have listened to this book twice and will probably do so again soon. She’s done the whole bit as a writer - journalism, columns, news commentary, fiction and non-fiction books. She is still my touchstone professionally. I’ve finally been successful in moving away from management roles and toward full-time writing. Though I still do a lot of business writing, I’ve also had some essays published (more personal reflections) and am a fiction writer for a content service now. Flexing those muscles as she has.

This is a terrific and heartfelt appeal for us to share ourselves through writing and well worth a listen.

Fabulous speaker

I recently heard Anna Quindlen in speak at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. She was one of my favorite speakers so I picked up this little gem that she narrates herself on Audible. Don’t miss it. Loved her stories and advice. Worth every penny.

Uplifting book about writing

I am a journaler. Almost every night before I go to sleep I prop up in bed and write. This book made the case both for writing and reading personal stories. After listening to it my journaling has taken on a new importance. She takes the listener on a journey from Anne Frank to classrooms to workplaces as she makes the case for personal writing that changes people’s lives, both the ones who write and the ones who read.

Yes, Ms. Quindlen. I write for the same reasons.

This was a great short read. And to be read to by the author! What a bonus. There is a lot to be said for writing your story in several essays. It serves so many purposes. Entering them in a computer is a very different experience from sitting with pen and notebook to write. And reading it back is yet another enjoyable experience. I recommend it wholeheartedly! It beats therapy.