Writing to Change the World

by Pipher, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781594489204
• ISBN10: 1594489203
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-20
• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover

Summary

"Writing to Change the World is a powerfully instructive manual for those who seek to effect social change with nothing but their message and a keyboard. It's also a paean to the transformative power of words. It combines practical instruction with rousing commentary, featuring personal anecdotes, memorable quotations from other writers, and the stories of writers who have transformed society through their work. In addition to laying out the various steps of the writing process - brainstorming, writing, revising, and publishing - Mary Bray Pipher gives advice about specific forms of advocacy writing, from speeches to blog entries to op-ed pieces."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Mary Pipher, Ph.D., is the author of the number-one New York Times-bestselling Reviving Ophelia, as well as The Shelter of Each Other, Another Country, The Middle of Everywhere, and Letters to a Young Therapist. She was a Rockefeller Scholar, and received the American Psychological Association's Presidential Citation. Currently, she is a visiting professor in both the English and Psychology departments at the University of Nebraska.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(18)
What We Alone Can Say
Writing to Connect	19	(12)
Know Thyself	31	(10)
What You Alone Can Say	41	(8)
Growing Our Souls	49	(12)
Mr. USA	61	(10)
The Writing Process
Diving In---Getting Started	71	(14)
The Psychology of Change	85	(18)
Swimming Along---The Writing Process	103	(22)
Point of View	125	(14)
Cooling Down---Revising	139	(16)
Calls to Action
Letters	155	(14)
Speeches	169	(20)
Personal Essays	189	(10)
Blogs---A Revolutionary New Tool	199	(8)
Music and Poetry	207	(14)
Coda Seeking Stillness/Inspiring Action	221	(6)
Recommended Readings	227	(10)
Acknowledgments	237