Inspiration For Writers

"Fitzgerald locked himself in his attic until The Great Gatsby was finished. Hemingway took a more casual approach, writing along the banks of the Seine River. Hawthorne found inspiration while working and living on Brook Farm.

Three great writers chose three different methods of writing-each one uniquely suited to the quirks and qualities of the individual artist. Finding your own method-one that makes writing easier, more enjoyable and more productive-can be a challenge. But doing so can revolutionize the writing experience and take your work to a whole new level. The key to great writing is not what you are writing, but how you are writing.

Karen E. Peterson teaches you how to apply different techniques for changing thoughts and beliefs into your writing.

In The Write Type, psychologist and novelist Karen Peterson shows you how to identify exactly what kind of writer you are, determine your unique preferences and tendencies, and then use them to create a personalized writing system that gets results. Why wait? Discover your "write" type and start producing the best, most creative work of your life!"

-Goodreads

This book is an excellent read and touches every bit of the internal debate a would-be author struggles with. It helps you to find what truly suits you as a writer while breaking some of the "mainstream" myths to help you on your path to becoming the best writer you can be.

In this revolutionary book, psychologist and novelist Karen E. Peterson presents an easy, effective way to beat writer's block in only ten days. Based on new brain research and sound psychological principles, this innovative program shows writers how to conquer writer's block using such methods as: exercises to conquer the "write-or-flight" response; techniques to create that elusive "writing mood"; parallel monologue and interior dialogue to jump-start the writing process; checklists to see which side of the brain is blocking you; a template for establishing writing as a part of your daily life; motivation "to-go"--so that writers can write anywhere, any time; and more!

From writing check-ins to color-coded schedules to productive flowcharts, Karen E. Peterson provides you with a variety of tools to keep yourself accountable for your work.

With case examples and a healthy dollop of humor, Write. will help both seasoned and neophyte writers to enjoy the process of sending their creativity--and productivity--soaring to new heights.

This is a helpful book and makes you understand how the brain works. The Karen E. Peterson expands on left/right brain interaction, using "left/right hand" metaphors to describe the different types of challenges many writers face while pursuing their goals. If you're an aspiring writer who's been knocking your head against a wall, trying to find a breakthrough for your story, look no further; Karen E. Peterson provides you with a sledgehammer in the form of Write., which will have you tearing through writer's block in no time.

"An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.

Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you—what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch."

- Amazon Book Description

Take a look at this chart to see how you can turn bad theft into good theft.

A nontraditional approach to finding inspiration for your book, Steal Like an Artisit teaches you to produce work without the fear that you're imitating someone else; it encourages you to steal ideas in ways that constitute "good theft" instead.

Its informal tone makes for an easier read over the rigid guidelines that more studious books may contain. The humor of this book might contain the levity you need in order to conquer writer's block and write without inhibitions.

"Even in 1934, Dorothea Brande knew that most writers didn't need another book on "technique" -- and this, before so many more would be published. No, she realized, as John Gardner notes in his foreword, "the root problems of the writer are personality problems," and thus her wise book is designed to simply help you get over yourself and start writing, with techniques ranging from a simple declaration to write every day at a fixed time -- no matter what -- to exercises that come close to inventing the TM and self-actualization movements that would follow a few decades later.

Analyzing how you write, revise, and critique your own work will help you grow as a writer and improve your work.

Becoming a Writer recaptures the excitement of Dorothea Brande's creative writing classroom of the 1920s. Decades before brain research "discovered" the role of the right and left brain in all human endeavor, Dorothea Brande was teaching students how to see again, how to hold their minds still, how to call forth the inner writer.

She has her novice writers note the effects of everything in their environment on their writing. She shows them how to harness the unconscious, how to fall into the "artistic coma," then how to re-emerge and be their own critics.

Becoming a Writer is Dorothea Brande's legacy to all those who have ever wanted to express their ideas in written form. A sound, practical, inspirational, and charming approach to writing, it fulfills on the expectation in her introduction: "This book, I believe, will be unique.... I think there is such a magic and that it is teachable. This book is all about the writer's magic.""

-Amazon

This is not a book to teach writing but a guide to how to become a writer and flourish in your field. Dorothea Brande's advice is timeless, relevant even nearly a century later, inspiring writers through past, present, and future.

"You know you're a writer when

. . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.

. . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this."

. . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name.

. . . You know more than ten synonyms for "blue."

. . . You write your Christmas letter as if it were War and Peace.

 

Try to count how many of these writer-specific oddities you've encountered.

Many readers will recognize themselves in this collection of observations about the eccentric, quirky, word-obsessed condition that is being a writer."

-Google Books

Often ridiculous and sometimes irreverent, this collection of writer's traits are an amusing reminder of how relatable your experiences can be with other writers. It's a fun and great short read that will show you what you have in common with other writers, from the successes to the struggles. It will serve as a source of encouragement throughout your journey as a writer.