[identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] writercises
Original Posting: Sun, 22 Aug 1993 18:00:03 JST

(for anyone who may be having trouble freeing yourself to write)

You might be interested in "Becoming A Writer" by Dorothea Brande. Book of the Month Club has it in their Writers 3-in-1 selection (which turns out to be one book - I thought it was three - containing three older ones), but the imprint is Quality Paperback Book Club, so you may be able to get it other ways.

Interesting - it is basically a challenge to the notion that writers are born, not made, with a psychologically oriented set of exercises to unlock your unconscious (and eventually your genius). One of the few books I've seen that tries to teach you a mental process to support writing (or other creative arts). Might be considered a forerunner to the books on drawing (pun intentional) from the right side of the brain.

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