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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed reading this book. A must read for any writer - male or female - although she definitely speaks to the women in the group. Excellent! Excellent!
Motivating, inspiring, one of the best books for writers I've read. Wish I'd been one of her students; reading this book is as close as I'll ever get.
Motivating, inspiring, one of the best books for writers I've read. Wish I'd been one of her students; reading this book is as close as I'll ever get.
Carl Sandburg called it the best book ever written about how to write, and I agree. It was published in 1938 and it's still that great. (With apologies to Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, which is also very, very good). This is the best tool for smashing through writer's block that I have ever found. I wish I could have met her.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Excellent advice on how we can all access our creativity more!
While some parts were a bit too poetic or too 'here's what a student did wherein i have to read that student's passage' I really enjoyed the book overall. She's inspiring and I immediately wanted to get to writing after reading her whys (re: because it's awesome to be able to create) and why nots (re: money) and the hows and how nots. I loved that she likes the approach to just write, to not plan it out, and just do it. Write and write and write and be specific and ask questions and do nothing and do everything. It all seems a lot like mediating. I like.
Encouragement & advice for writers
Written in the 1930s, so one of the descriptions and language are dated, but the author has encouraging advice for new writers, writers struggling to write and even experienced writers.
Written in the 1930s, so one of the descriptions and language are dated, but the author has encouraging advice for new writers, writers struggling to write and even experienced writers.
This lady talks a lot of sense. What I really got out of it is her point that being creative is natural and easier than not being creative. When I let busyness get in the way I am getting in my own way.
I found this book inspiring and it put me back on the right track.
Although its about writing her wisdom can be applied to any creative endeavor.
I found this book inspiring and it put me back on the right track.
Although its about writing her wisdom can be applied to any creative endeavor.
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
What a hidden gem! Originally published in 1938, Brenda wrote this essay collection in hopes of teaching others how to write with more honesty and gusto, as she says. She shares many insightful lessons from her creative writing classroom and even includes story excerpts written by her students.
While Brenda has much to say on many subjects involving art, imagination, faith, and writing, she writes in such a bold manner that it sometimes made me chuckle. She doesn't hold back what she really thinks, and I came to find that refreshing.
She ends the book by saying that if ten people pick up this book and get something out of it, she will be pleased. Well, consider me one of those ten.
While Brenda has much to say on many subjects involving art, imagination, faith, and writing, she writes in such a bold manner that it sometimes made me chuckle. She doesn't hold back what she really thinks, and I came to find that refreshing.
She ends the book by saying that if ten people pick up this book and get something out of it, she will be pleased. Well, consider me one of those ten.