Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within - Softcover

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Patrice Vecchione is the author of a poetry collection, Territory of the Wind, and the editor of several anthologies, including Catholic Girls: Stories, Memoirs, Poems and Storming Heaven's Gate: An Anthology of Spiritual Writings by Women. A teacher of poetry writing and creative writing for over twenty years, she is a frequent speaker on the writing process and on writing as spiritual practice. She lives in Monterey, California.

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Each person's life is a web of stories that call out to be told. But according to poet and teacher Patrice Vecchione, it's only when we tap into our inner spirituality that we are able to find our true voice--the voice that allows the soul to speak.

In this inspirational and wise book, Vecchione reflects on the presence of the spiritual in our everyday lives, interweaves the remarks of prominent writers such as Joy Harjo, Maxine Hong Kingston, and William Stafford, and presents clear, easy-to-follow processes and writing exercises to help readers discover the strength and resonance of their inner voices. By helping readers home in on their true spirituality, Vecchione shows:

• How to find depth in your writing
• How to develop trust and faith in your story
• Where to find sources of spirit and creativity
• How spiritual practice can be a form of introspective prayer and crafting of language all at once
• How to quiet the mind of doubt and criticism
• How to capture that which is sacred and pull it into your writing

Through this book readers will gain a deeper understanding of their spiritual selves, confidence and ease in their writing, and the ability to fill their writing with the voice of their soul.