Writing in a New Convertible with the Top Down

A correspondence between two writers reveals how their personal lives and daily experiences inform the writing process

Sheila Bender and Christi Killien meet at a writing conference and later decide to produce a book about writing. Living in different cities, they begin by writing each other letters that capture their approaches to writing, how they find the "starting place" for new work, and the ways they make it through the nonlinear process of telling their stories. Writing In a New Convertible with the Top Down is the second collection of their letters, and it has been used widely in writing classes and workshops.