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A review by jlennidorner
Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance by Rosanne Bane
5.0
This is a fantastic book that I cannot recommend highly enough. I flipped through a few pages of my friend's copy, ended up buying my own, and one as a gift for someone. It's that good.
(I swear I wrote a review on it before. But, seeing as how I just thumbed through it again, I'll write it now. I read this book in Aug 2013, Feb 2014, Jan 2015, April 2016, April 2019, and April 2020.) I didn't know the author before I read this for the first time. After these many years, we do follow one another on social media.
If you've ever felt unable to write, despite knowing how to do it well, this is the book to help. It's interesting because it doesn't suggest that "writer's block is all in your head," but rather it proves that it is in the mind, and shows what part of the brain, and then tells you how to fix it. I love reading books on the writing craft, and I adore books that use science. I am exactly the target audience for this. I'd absolutely read more reference books from this author.
"The brain changes in response to what we pay attention to." That's a life-changing quote from the book, once you understand it. The section about the Saboteur really spoke to me.
This book is inspirational, meaningful, fun, entertaining, informative, has a strong author’s voice, and is clearly written by an authority on the subject. I learned a better way of thinking from this book. The title absolutely makes sense. This is beneficial to the writing community.
(I swear I wrote a review on it before. But, seeing as how I just thumbed through it again, I'll write it now. I read this book in Aug 2013, Feb 2014, Jan 2015, April 2016, April 2019, and April 2020.) I didn't know the author before I read this for the first time. After these many years, we do follow one another on social media.
If you've ever felt unable to write, despite knowing how to do it well, this is the book to help. It's interesting because it doesn't suggest that "writer's block is all in your head," but rather it proves that it is in the mind, and shows what part of the brain, and then tells you how to fix it. I love reading books on the writing craft, and I adore books that use science. I am exactly the target audience for this. I'd absolutely read more reference books from this author.
"The brain changes in response to what we pay attention to." That's a life-changing quote from the book, once you understand it. The section about the Saboteur really spoke to me.
This book is inspirational, meaningful, fun, entertaining, informative, has a strong author’s voice, and is clearly written by an authority on the subject. I learned a better way of thinking from this book. The title absolutely makes sense. This is beneficial to the writing community.