- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Morning Pages
About this book
When her professional and family life collide, a playwright starts journaling every morning to push through her writer's block in this laugh-out-loud and fresh take on family, friendship, and the chaos of midlife. "[A] winning adult debut…" – Publishers Weekly "A heartwarming, sometimes hilarious meditation on writer's block, expectations, and the push and pull of constantly shifting identities." – Martha's Vineyard Magazine Elise Hellman was once heralded by audiences and critics as a "playwright to watch." Then they forgot all about her. When a prestigious theater company unexpectedly offers her a generous commission to write a new play, she has an opportunity to turn her career around. With sixty-five days left until her deadline, Elise starts scribbling a few pages of stream-of-consciousness first thing every morning as a way to get over her writer's block—a technique called Morning Pages, popularized in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. What emerges is a witty confessional in which Elise chronicles her life with her teenage stoner son and her overbearing and eccentric mother, who is losing her memory but not her profanity. She writes about her lingering feelings for her ex-husband, her best friend who is acting oddly, and the confusing encounters she has with a handsome stranger in an elevator. As she writes, the marked-up scenes from her play, Deja New, are revealed, as a story within the story. Morning Pages is about what life throws at you when you're trying to write. It is both a humorous exploration of the creative process and a relatable coming-of-age tale for the generation sandwiched between caring for their parents and caring for their kids.
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Contents
- DAY 1
- DAY 2
- DAY 3
- DAY 4
- DAY 5
- DAY 6
- DAY 7
- DAY 8
- DAY 9
- DAY 10
- DAY 11
- DAY 12
- DAY 13
- DAY 14
- DAY 15
- DAY 16
- DAY 17
- DAY 18
- DAY 19
- DAY 20
- DAY 21
- DAY 22
- DAY 23
- DAY 24
- DAY 25
- DAY 26
- DAY 27
- DAY 28
- DAY 29
- DAY 30
- DAY 31
- DAY 32
- DAY 33
- DAY 34
- DAY 35
- DAY 36
- DAY 37
- DAY 38
- DAY 39
- DAY 40
- DAY 41
- DAY 42
- DAY 43
- DAY 44
- DAY 45
- DAY 46
- DAY 47
- DAY 48
- DAY 49
- DAY 50
- DAY 51
- DAY 52
- DAY 53
- DAY 54
- DAY 55
- DAY 56
- DAY 57
- DAY 58
- DAY 59
- DAY 60
- DAY 61
- DAY 62
- DAY 63
- DAY 64
- DAY 65
- DAY 66
- DAY 67
- DAY 1
- Acknowledgments