The Writer's Hustle: A Professional Guide to the Creativity, Discipline, Humility, and Grit Every Writer Needs to Flourish

by Joey Franklin

Overview

The Writer's Hustle is a comprehensive guide to all the things successful writers do when they're not sitting at the keyboard. Drawing on wisdom from dozens of experienced authors, professors, students, and other writing professionals, this book offers pragmatic and systematic advice on the everyday professional practices that make up a writer's life.

In ten chapters, Franklin covers the full arc of a writer's professional development, from setting goals and establishing a routine, to mastering writing groups and workshops, earning a mentor, and becoming a literary citizen. He explores strategies for attending conferences, finishing projects, submitting work, and maintaining a life-long writing habit, and he examines the potential benefits of a formal creative writing education, including a close look at how creative writing students can leverage their liberal arts training into a wide range of careers.

Informative and personal, The Writer's Hustle is an ideal companion for university students, recent graduates, and independent enthusiasts-anyone looking to cultivate the creativity, discipline, humility, and grit that every writer needs to flourish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350160774
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/03/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joey Franklin has taught creative writing and literature in Ohio, Texas, and Utah and is the author of two essay collections, Delusions of Grandeur: American Essays (2020), and My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married (2015). His essays have appeared in such magazines as Gettysburg Review, Hunger Mountain, Ninth Letter, and Brevity, and he has published articles on craft, theory, and professionalization in The Writer's Chronicle, Poets&Writers, Assay, and Triquarterly. He is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University, and he coedits the literary journal Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction.
Joey Franklin is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA where he directs the MFA program in Creative Writing. His essays collections include My Wife Wants to Know I'm Happily Married (2015) and Delusions of Grandeur: American Essays (2020). His essays have appeared in many top literary magazines including Hunger Mountain, Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Brevity and Fouth Genre. He has published critical essays on creative writing in Writer's Chronicle, Triquarterly Review, Assay and Poets&Writer's Magazine. He is co-editor Fourth-Genre: Explorations in Non-fiction.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Writer's Hustle
Chapter 1: Making the Most of Each Day
Chapter 2: Mastering the Art of the Writing Group
Chapter 3: Becoming a Good Literary Citizen
Chapter 4: Earning a Mentor
Chapter 5: Attending a Conference, Retreat, or Residency
Chapter 6: Finishing Projects
Chapter 7: Submitting Work
Chapter 8: Considering (More) School
Chapter 9: Preparing for a (Writing) Career
Chapter 10: Staying in the Game