TY - BOOK AU - Smith, Maggie, TI - Dear writer: pep talks & practical advice for the creative life SN - 9781982170844 AV - BF408 S655d 2025 U1 - 153.3/5 23/eng/20241208 PY - 2025/// CY - New York PB - One Signal Publishers/Atria KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Creative ability KW - Authorship N2 - "Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts"-- ER -