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Walking on Alligators:
A Book of Meditations for Writers
Susan Shaughnessy
 paperback
A daily motivator for people who write - and people who long
to write... Two hundred thought- and pen-provoking essays explore
every aspect of the practice and process of writing -- from the
pitfalls of perfectionism and "talking your book away"
to daring to take risks and being receptive to the unconscious.
Fresh, smart, and stimulating passages from a variety of writers
(such as Anne Rice, Art Spiegelman, Diane Ackerman, Scott Turow,
Toni Morrison, Vaclav Havel, and Camille Paglia) tame the terror
of the blank page with no-nonsense tips and delightfully diverse
inspiration.
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's
Life
Natalie Goldberg
paperback
Natalie Goldberg teaches a method of writing that can take you
beyond craft to the true source of creative power. Here is compassionate,
practical, and often humorous advice about how to find time to
write, how to discover your personal style, how to make sentences
come alive, and how to overcome procrastination and writer's
block -- including more than thirty provocative "Try this"
exercises to get your pen moving. Here also is a larger vision
of the writer's task: balancing daily responsibilities with a
commitment to writing; knowing when to take risks as a writer
and as a human being; coming to terms with success and failure
and loss; and learning self-acceptance -- both in life and in
art. Wild Mind will change your way of writing. It may also change
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The Artist's Way:
A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
An Inner Workbook by Julia Cameron
paperback
For writers, poets, actors, painters, musicians -- and creative
people in all walks of life... With the basic principle that
creative expression is the natural direction of life, The Artist's
Way leads 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. The Artist's Way links creativity to spirituality
by showing in nondenominational terms how to tap into the higher
power that connects human creativity with the creative energies
of the universe, and guides you through a variety of highly effective
exercises and activities that spur imagination and capture new
ideas. Whatever your spiritual orientation, The Artist's Way
will resonate in your creative mind with truth, wisdom, and inspiration.
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