The Promise of Failure: One Writer's Perspective on Not Succeeding

by John McNally

Book Overview

The Promise of Failure is part memoir of the writing life, part advice book, and part craft book; sometimes funny, sometimes wrenching, but always honest. McNally uses his own life as a blueprint for the writer's daily struggles as well as the existential ones, tackling subjects such as when to quit and when to keep going, how to deal with depression, what risking something of yourself means, and ways to reenergize your writing through reinvention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609385756
• ISBN13: 9781609385750
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"