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A review by feyley
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
4.0
I've had this ARC for months... I'm not really sure why I didn't read it right away. I think its (ironically) because I feared I wouldn't enjoy a book that I immensely loved the premise of.
However, this book did more than quiet my fears. It inspired me. I no longer want to be afraid to write. I want to be at a place where I don't care if I ever really get published, I'm just here to actually enjoy the act of creating. This book was amazing. I want to read it again...and maybe another time after that. It just has this uplifting feeling to it. It makes me want to sit down and immediately get to writing. Sadly, I'm not at a point in my life where that is a possibility for me right now. Thankfully, I don't hear any ideas knocking at my door right now so maybe I will have a little more time to get my act together before another grand idea comes to me. For now, I will stick to filling adult coloring books with my creativity. The biggest thing that this book taught me was that I don't have to be perfect or a huge success in order to enjoy my creativity.
However, this book did more than quiet my fears. It inspired me. I no longer want to be afraid to write. I want to be at a place where I don't care if I ever really get published, I'm just here to actually enjoy the act of creating. This book was amazing. I want to read it again...and maybe another time after that. It just has this uplifting feeling to it. It makes me want to sit down and immediately get to writing. Sadly, I'm not at a point in my life where that is a possibility for me right now. Thankfully, I don't hear any ideas knocking at my door right now so maybe I will have a little more time to get my act together before another grand idea comes to me. For now, I will stick to filling adult coloring books with my creativity. The biggest thing that this book taught me was that I don't have to be perfect or a huge success in order to enjoy my creativity.