1000 Words, Jami Attenberg
1000 Words, Jami Attenberg
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1000 Words
A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round

Author: Jami Attenberg

Narrator: Jami Attenberg, Kamali Minter, Joy Osmanski, André Santana

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2024


Synopsis

National Bestseller

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, 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.

1000 Words is an accessible and motivational craft book that allows you to 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.

About Jami Attenberg

Jami Attenberg has written about food, travel, books, relationships, and urban life for The New York Times MagazineThe New YorkerThe Wall Street JournalThe Sunday Times (London), The Guardian, and others. She is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up, and, most recently, a memoir, I Came All This Way to Meet You. Her work has been published in sixteen languages. She is also the founder of the annual #1000WordsofSummer project, and maintains the popular Craft Talk newsletter year-round. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosemary on August 05, 2024

Sometimes a work torpedoes into the middle of your heart and makes you want to stop everything and just write. This is a beautiful book, a-brim with grace and generosity, wisdom and comfort. See if it makes you feel this way too.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 26, 2023

Books about the creative process tend to be hit or miss for me. This one was a huge hit! The way it was organized and the topics covered made me feel incredibly seen and understood as an author, and I appreciated that Jami's advice was supplemented with letters from other creatives. I felt so motiva......more

Goodreads review by Paige on January 26, 2024

Attenberg's passion for her work and for her friends' and colleagues' work is just so infectious, I have to give 5 stars. Her contributors to this collection of writing advice added different perspectives and were a very beneficial addition.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on August 26, 2023

This book is awesome. As an aspiring memoir writer I loved how Attenberg shared her 1000 words writing challenge and how it led to an entire movement. It was inspiring to read and I felt the energy from the contributors through their quotes and essays that were included. Well done! I will be purchas......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on January 17, 2024

If you write, read this book. Genuinely motivating and validating, you won’t regret it.......more


Quotes

"Author and narrator Jami Attenberg delivers this inspirational audiobook about the creative spirit and how to make the sometimes daunting task of writing a reality in a busy world. When faced with a looming deadline, Attenberg decided to create a type of bootcamp for herself and a close friend in which they would write 1,000 words a day for two weeks. Joined by narrators Kamali Minter, Joy Osmanski, and André Santana, Attenberg and her friends share excerpts from writers like Roxane Gay and Celeste Ng. Their cheerful narration style acts as an inspiration for even the most discouraged listener. Attenberg’s delivery is approachable and friendly but never pretentious. What results is a delightful listen that can be enjoyed all at once, or in short, easily digestible listens."