Explains the importance of revision, looks at the writing process from first draft to finished work, and discusses audience, order, use of evidence, and voice

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of My Twice-Lived Life offers a candid, poignant account of the death of his second daughter at the age of twenty from Reye's Syndrome, reexamining the grief and anguish of her death, its long-term impact, and its struggle to find acceptance and peace in his own life. (view table of contents)

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Offers step-by-step instructions for developing effective writing skills. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: In Crafting a Life in Essay, Story, Poem, Donald Murray demonstrates the craft that has been his discipline and joy for more than half a century. He describes how the writing act has allowed him to live his life twice--once in experience and once again as the evolving draft illuminates the texture and meaning of that experience...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Tells how to develop new ideas, organize complicated materials, avoid cliches, improve one's writing style, and handle writer's block, and includes interviews with reporters and editors

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