https://jdavidstark.com/tags/first-things/ Recent content in First-Things on J. David Stark https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- 0.162.1 en J. David Stark Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:00:35 +0000 https://jdavidstark.com/a-leithart-ed-view-of-writing/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:00:35 +0000 http://jdavidstark.com/?p=14607 <p>In a recent <a href = "https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/01/how-to-write-a-book" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" >First Things essay</a>, Peter Leithart shares a transparent and good-humored five-stage taxonomy for writing a non-fiction book. Although some elements are tongue-in-cheek, the normalcy of the kinds of feelings about the process as it progresses should be encouraging to those of us with much less writing under our belts.</p> <p>HT: <a href = "https://academic.logos.com/peter-leitharts-writing-confession/" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" >theLAB</a></p>