Breathing the PageBetsy WarlandLabel: Cormorant BooksCanadaDescription: A written work is more than just letters on a page — it is a complex web of relationships. Some like the relationship between words and phrases or story and plot are obvious. Others such as the way writers interact with their physical tools or how storytellers convey meaning to an audience are less apparent. But to write well one must recognize understand and be guided by all of these relationships.In Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing Betsy Warland takes the reader on her quest to articulate the powerful forces beneath the language of craft. In this collection of essays Warland reveals that it is the manner in which we encounter these forces that makes or breaks every piece of writing. Her topics range from the environment one chooses to write in to the tools on which we depend to the way we subconsciously structure our anecdotes. A holistic guide for all those passionately involved in the production and flourishing of our literature Warland’s essays have invigorated writers and readers alike.In this second edition Warland continues her quest to investigate the relationships between the writer the reader the tools of writing craft and the unpredictable vibrancy of the narrative. Through nine new essays she draws awareness to the specific narrative templates we inherit as we grow up and provides strategies for navigating these templates when we meet resistance contradiction failure and lack.
