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Favorite Books
The
Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path
to
Higher Creativity
by Julia Cameron
"With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction
of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week
program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting
beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting
forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity."
Writing
Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg
" Wherein
we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the
same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings
a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter
in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole
spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with
what you have, and writing from
the moment."
Bird
by Bird: Some Instructions on
Writing & Life
by
Anne Lamott
"Think you've got a book inside of you? Anne Lamott isn't afraid to help
you let it out. She'll help you find your passion and your voice, beginning
from the first really crummy draft to the peculiar letdown of publication.
Readers will be...seduced by Lamott's witty take on the reality of a writer's
life..."
What
If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
by Anne Bernays & Pamela Painter
"What If?
is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises
are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of
writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative
writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer more than seventy-five
exercises for both beginners and more experienced writers."
In
the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's
Portable Workshop
by
Steve Kowit
"Because of its explication of the basic tenets of poetry, In the Palm
of Your Hand might be mistaken for a beginners' book only. That would be a
shame. There are so many good ideas here that more experienced poets won't
want to miss out; Kowit has lots of exciting ways to invigorate one's writing.
(Here's a favorite quick tip: "A good rule of thumb is never to use a word
that you're proud of.") In the Palm of Your Hand is also recommended for members
of writing groups who are interested in imposing some kind of structure on
their meetings."
The
NEW Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards
"The Los Angeles Times said it best: Drawing on the Right Side of the
Brain is 'not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant
approach to the teaching of drawing . . . should not be dismissed as a mere
text.
It emancipates.'"
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