{"product_id":"driven-to-write-ellen-pinsky-9781032850092","title":"Driven to Write: 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of Their Craft","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields --poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more-- explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contributions arranged under three headings-- \"Models and Mentors,\" \"Urges and Traumas,\" and \"Evidence and Experiences\"--each writer explores their personal understanding of writing as a psychological necessity. In varying ways, these candid, often emotional essays reveal a range of intimate, mysterious and unpredictable purposes and motivations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriven to Write \u003c\/i\u003eprovides fresh, practical, and imaginative approaches to literary art for aspiring and established writers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Pinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032850094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032850092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Ellen Pinsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47039843107071,"sku":"9781032850092","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7e8d89a-1627-4ed7-8c85-17324c5ba3e1.jpg?v=1752752740","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/driven-to-write-ellen-pinsky-9781032850092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}