A Writer [1 ed.] 0060221429, 9780060221423

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A writer sits on her couch,

holding an idea... .

Here is M. B. Goffstein’s clear and sensitive interpretation of what it means to be a writer—to be an observer, a shaper,

a collector of images gleaned from the everyday world. As in her highly acclaimed book an ARTIST, M. B. Goffstein’s words and pictures for A WRITER once again strike the creative core in each of us, whether adult

or child.

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A Writer Copyright © 1984 by M. B. Goffstein

Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Goffstein, M. B.

A writer. “A Charlotte Zolotow book.” Summary: What it means to be a writer—to be an observer, a shaper, a collector of images gleaned from the everyday world. 1, Authorship—Juvenile literature. 2. Authors —Juvenile literature. [1. Authorship. 2. Authors]

ities PN153.G63

1984

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83-49488

ISBN 0-06-022142-9

ISBN 0-06-022143-7 (lib. bdg.) Designed by Constance Fogler Ih)

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Writer

A writer

sits on her couch, holding an idea,

until it’s time to set words

upon paper,

to cut, prune,

plan, and shape them.

She is a gardener,

never sure of her ground, or of which seeds are rooting there.

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She has grown

flowers, weeds, a slender tree.

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Now she dreams

of pansies and heart’s-ease.

At first daylight, she sees two small green leaves close to the soil.

If a rabbit eats them, she’s not mad at him. She knows more

will grow,

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for a writer

always studies,

looks, and listens.

Thoughts that open in her heart, and weather every mood and change of mind, she will care for.

She’s only one of many writers,

working alone at her desk,

hoping her books

will spread the seeds of ideas.

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5. Goffstein tells her stories,

and speaks to librarians and teachers about her work, she loves to answer questions about how she writes her books.

She says that these questions were the seeds years, upon shape

of A wriTER, which grew for many until it was time to “‘set words paper, to cut, prune, plan, and them.”’

“Like porcelain, there is more to M. B. Goffstein’s work than meets the eye. Be-

neath the delicacy and fragility is a core of astounding strength.”

—Washington Post Book World Jacket art © 1984 by M. B. Goffstein

Harper & Row, Publishers

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