Dear Writer by Maggie Smith Ganz and confidently told

and confidently told

breaking our curse and freeing our souls

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian

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The eighth book in the bestselling Children’s Anthologies series

Dear Writer by Maggie Smith Ganz and confidently toldDrawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts. Dear Writer provides tools that artists of all experience