Sharon Darrow

In WORLDS WITHIN WORDS: WRITING AND THE WRITING LIFE, Sharon Darrow shows that a writer, through the process of discovery and revision, not only revises the work, but the self as well, and that through this creative process grows as a human being and becomes more capable of writing what must be written. She brings the knowledge and wisdom her years of experience writing for children, teenagers, and adults has given her to this compilation of essays taken from a selection of her lectures presented during her twenty-year teaching career in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program of Vermont College of Fine Arts.

 

"Take your time here, savor the wisdom that Darrow so generously offers. If you are like me what you will be left with above all is deep joy."--Kathi Appelt, Newbery Award winner

 

"She reaches into a student's soul and helps to make it sing."--Carrie Jones, NYT Bestselling Author

 

"I could not have finished my first novel without the encouragement, wisdom, and poetry that is Sharon Darrow's teaching."--An Na, Michael L. Printz Award winner

 

"A mentor straight out of myth and folktale. She stands beside the tangled forest path, offers wisdom and kindness to all passersby, and reveals the best way through. Listen to her."--William Alexander, National Book Award winner