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on the Creative Life
Brown, Rita Mae: Starting
From Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual
The chapter on Anglo
Saxon and Latin is especially useful.
Burnham, Sophy, For Writers Only
Easy to dip into. Wise words.
Baum, Kenneth, The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential
with the Mind-Body Connection
Also applicable to writers. Read my mini-review and commentary
here.
Benke, Karen, Rip the Page!
Adventures in Creative Writing
For creative children—
of all ages. Read her guest-blog post for "Madam Mayo"
here.
Cameron, Julia The Artist's Way
New Agey and at the same time highly practical.
— , The Sound of Paper:
Starting from Scratch
Thoughtful, elegant,
and inspiring mini-essays.
Dillard, Annie, Living by Fiction
A book about the world.
Flack, Audrey, Art &
Soul: Notes on Creating
Deep. The artist
as shaman.
Friedman, Bonnie, Writing
Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction, and Other Dilemmas in the
Writer's Life
From the trenches.
*Goldberg, Natalie, Writing Down the
Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
A very popular book.
Packed with fun writing exercises.
*Iglesias, Karl, The 101 Habits of
Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider Tips from Hollywood's
Top Writers
I'm not a screenwriter
(yet), but I love this book. It was like reading about distant
but kindred tribe. Lots of useful tips.
*Lamott, Anne, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions
on Writing and Life
Hilarious. For anyone
at any stage in their writing.
**Leonard, George, Mastery: The Keys to
Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
Zen.
Maisel, Eric, PhD., Fearless
Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your
Work of Art
Dr Maisel specializes
in helping artists, and he's a prolific writer himself. There
is a great deal of wise advice in this book.
**Pressfield, Steven, The War of Art:
Winning the Creative Battle
The best. If you're
blocked and you want to buy one book to help yourself, this is
the one.
**Ricco, Gabriele Lusser, Writing the
Natural Way: Using Right-Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive
Powers
Revolutionary.
Rhodes, Richard, How to
Write: Advice and Reflections
Good advice from
a highly accomplished and prolific writer.
*See, Carolyn, Making a
Literary Life
Good advice from
another highly accomplished and prolific writer -- this one from
LA. It's a hoot.
Ueland, Brenda, If You
Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit
A classic. Very popular
with many of my writing workshop participants.
** Top picks
*Very highly recommended
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