books_and_coffee_please 's review for:

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland

2.0

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Mixed feelings. The author made some good points: write truthfully and simply; write often without editing yourself to sound impressive; if you are afraid to take the next step, set out to write something "bad" to take the pressure off. However, I found the book to be very repetitive, and the constant inclusion of long portions of her students' writing was tiresome. Read the first two chapters and the last chapter to gain the best nuggets of wisdom and skip the others unless you really enjoy the author's writing. In general, her style was not my cup of tea, but I appreciate some of the points she brought up.