1000 Words

Description

1000 Words
by Jami Attenberg

ISBN: 9781668023617
Softcover, new

Publication Date 1/7/2025

Brief Description:
Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement
#1000 Words of Summer, this “encouraging handbook” (Publishers Weekly)
features essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed
authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and
Carmen Maria Machado. In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with a
looming deadline, needed writing inspiration. Using a bootcamp model, she
and a friend set out to write one thousand words daily for two weeks
straight. They opened this practice to Attenberg’s online community and
soon hundreds then thousands of people started using the #1000WordsofSummer
hashtag to track their work and support one another. What began as a simple
challenge between two friends has become a literary movement—write 1,000
words per day without judgement, or bias, or concerns about writer’s block,
and see what comes of it. 1000 Words is the book-length extension of this
movement. It is about becoming—and staying—motivated, discovering yourself
and your creative desires, and approaching your craft from a new direction.
It features advice from more than fifty well-known writers, including New
York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners, and stars of the literary
world. Framing these letters are words of wisdom and encouragement, plus
specific strategies, from Attenberg on how to carve out a creative path for
yourself all year round. Paired with vibrant word art illustrations, 1000
Words is an accessible and motivational craft book that allows you to open
any page and get a quick and fulfilling hit of inspiration. Featuring
Roxane Gay, Bryan Washington, Susan Orlean, Maris Kreizman, Sara Novic,
Rumaan Alam, Lauren Oyler, Emma Straub, Christopher Gonzales, Benjamin
Percy, Mira Jacob, Laura van den Berg, Carmen Maria Machado, Courtney
Sullivan, Rebecca Carroll, Ada Limon, R.O. Kwon, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney,
Elissa Watusha, Alexander Chee, Maggie Shipstead, Deesha Philyaw, Jasmine
Guillory, Kristen Arnett, Attica Locke, Megan Abbott, Min Jin Lee, Lauren
Groff, Andrew Sean Greer, Camille Dungy, Megan Giddings, Isaac Fitsgerald,
Hannah Tinti, Michael H. Weber, Celeste Ng, Elizabeth McCracken, Will
Leitch, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Morgan Parker, Kiese Laymon, Melissa Febos,
Alissa Nutting, Liz Moore, Laila Lalami, Megan Mayhew Berman, Rebecca
Makkai, Meg Wolitzer, Mychal Denzel Smith, Josh Gondelman, and Dantiel W.
Moniz.