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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
this book. ohhhh I LOVE THIS BOOK. it is without a doubt, one of my favorite books of all time. it is about writing, it is about creativity, but really it is just about life. i have underlined something on almost every page and i think i could read a passage from it every day for the rest of my life and feel inspired each time.
if you are artistic or creative in any capacity, READ IT. if you don't think you are artistic or creative, read it and you will learn that you really actually are and how to tap into that.
if you are artistic or creative in any capacity, READ IT. if you don't think you are artistic or creative, read it and you will learn that you really actually are and how to tap into that.
This is a good book. I gave it 3 steady stars. I don't share the exhilaration many express about it. I liked it for not being as instructional as most books about writing. It's inspiring rather than instructing. Thanks to this book I found out (yes, to my shame, only now) that Tolstoy had written a lengthy essay about "What is Art?". Ueland uses a lot of quotes from Tolstoy, Van Gogh, Chekhov, Blake, Dostoevsky... She inspires young artists by telling stories from her own life and experience. I loved that her book isn't a kind of structured manual, but rather a stream of consciousnesses type of essay.
However, firstly, I didn't like the long passages with examples from Ueland's students. Most of them were rather boring and it is quite subjective and daring to put things like that in a writing book and set them as an example. Secondly, Ueland keeps repeating similar/identical idea too much. At some point, I got the feeling as if I'm her silly child and she's trying to explain obvious things to me over and over again.
Maybe I've outgrown this book a little bit. It is still an interesting, inspiring light read for your writers regardless of my negative comments. I recommend it to everybody who wants to try and do something creative, but is afraid to start.
However, firstly, I didn't like the long passages with examples from Ueland's students. Most of them were rather boring and it is quite subjective and daring to put things like that in a writing book and set them as an example. Secondly, Ueland keeps repeating similar/identical idea too much. At some point, I got the feeling as if I'm her silly child and she's trying to explain obvious things to me over and over again.
Maybe I've outgrown this book a little bit. It is still an interesting, inspiring light read for your writers regardless of my negative comments. I recommend it to everybody who wants to try and do something creative, but is afraid to start.
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This is a really good book if you need the courage to write. It emphasizes the importance of writing well for you and exploring your own writing and creativity.
Kind of a transcendental approach to writing. Reminds me of studying Thoreau and Emerson in school.
The upside: it encourages you to write for your enjoyment, which is really enjoyable and amazing.
The downside: it encourages you to write for your enjoyment, which is not always publishable.
It's a book I read when I'm down on myself as a writer. It picks me back up and reminds me why I *REALLY* write.
Kind of a transcendental approach to writing. Reminds me of studying Thoreau and Emerson in school.
The upside: it encourages you to write for your enjoyment, which is really enjoyable and amazing.
The downside: it encourages you to write for your enjoyment, which is not always publishable.
It's a book I read when I'm down on myself as a writer. It picks me back up and reminds me why I *REALLY* write.
Illuminating and inspiring. Ueland's matter-of-fact advice and experience are great reminders to writers of things we already know, and forget, or that we ought to know, but weren't taught. Good lessons for anyone seeking a creative life, such as everyone has good art within them.
informative
inspiring
reflective
informative
reflective
slow-paced
There's a few good bits of advice in this book but it ultimately is vastly overstretched with anecdotes that don't bring much to the author's arguments and which sometimes contradict each other.
It's not a pointless read but I believe there are better writing advice books out there which do not waste as much time saying so little.
It's not a pointless read but I believe there are better writing advice books out there which do not waste as much time saying so little.
Okay, I haven't read that many books about writing, but this is the *best* book about writing that I've ever read. It may even be helpful on the subject of living life.
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced