A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life
10 best books like A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life (Judy Reeves): New Kid, Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words, The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing, Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great, Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers, The Writer's Idea Book, The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
As he...
| Author | Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge |
| ISBN | 0609800981 |
If you are new to poetry and would like to start writing your own poems for fun, but are not sure how to start, this book is for you. This is a great, unintimidating book for all ages. And a great introduction for those who might not have much interest in poetry, in general, because the author has included short,...
| Author | Monica Wood |
| ISBN | 1582973229 |
The Barnes & Noble Review
Sparkling with delightful, witty, thought-provoking morsels for today's writers, Monica Wood's dreamy yet realistic writer's companion will encourage your muse to take flight. The stimulating visuals laced throughout the book uniquely capture the...
| Author | Natalie Goldberg |
| ISBN | 0553347756 |
Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing that can take you beyond craft to the true source of creative power: The mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive and hungry."
Here is compassionate, practical,...
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
| Author | Brenda Ueland |
| ISBN | 1555972608 |
In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn't want to do. Her integrity shines throughout If You Want to Write, her best-selling classic on the process of writing that has already...
| Author | Janet Burroway |
| ISBN | 0321277368 |
The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision. A bestseller through six editions, Writing Fiction by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French explores the elements of fiction, providing...
Discover the Difference Between a So-So Manuscript and a Novel Readers Can't Forget
We've all read them: novels by our favorite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether?
Something...
| Author | Carolyn See |
| ISBN | 0345440463 |
As Carolyn See says, writing guides are like preachers on Sunday?there may be a lot of them, but you can't have too many, and there's always an audience of the faithful. And while Making a Literary Life is ostensibly a book that teaches you how to write, it really teaches you how to make your interior life...
"Where do you get your ideas?"
It's a question and a quandary that bedevils every writer. And once you've got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts.
In The Writer's Idea Book, Jack Heffron, former senior editor...
The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living
| Author | Julia Cameron |
| ISBN | 1585427470 |
This new book from the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way guides readers through a year of cultivating a deeper connection to their creative selves.
The Artist's Way has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. Now, for the first time, fans will have a beautifully...
| Author | Anne Bernays |
| ISBN | 0062720066 |
What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer...
| Author | Ricë Freeman-Zachery |
| ISBN | 1581809948 |
How DO they do it?
If you could ask your favorite artist or crafter only one question, chances are you'd ask about creativity: Where do your ideas come from? How did you get started? What are your tricks for overcoming blocks?
In Living the Creative Life, author Rice Freeman-Zachery...
| Author | Josip Novakovich |
| ISBN | 1884910394 |
This book exemplifies the best of a writing workshop: thought-provoking instruction, a charismatic teacher and illuminating examples from classic and contemporary literary masters.
Each chapter explores a different aspect of the art of fiction and ends with a series of writing exercises...
| Author | Alice LaPlante |
| ISBN | 0393061647 |
The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing—both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript....
| Author | Robert Olen Butler |
| ISBN | 0802142575 |
Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University -- his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler reimagines the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual, and tells writers how to achieve the dreamspace...
Writing to Change the World
| Author | Mary Pipher |
| ISBN | 1594489203 |
In these tumultuous times, don't we all want to be heard? Who doesn't want to transform the world? And who doesn't harbor a secret ambition to write? Writing to Change the World is intended to help people who have a message they're passionate about to convey it clearly through writing. Inspired by a course...
The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language
| Author | Natalie Goldberg |
| ISBN | 1451641265 |
Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg’s revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic Writing Down the Bones, True Secret workshops have...
How Stella Saved the Farm: A Tale About Making Innovation Happen
| Author | Vijay Govindarajan |
| ISBN | 1250002125 |
How Stella Saved the Farm is a simple parable about making innovation happen. Written by the authors of the New York Times bestselling Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere, the story resonates in organizations of all types—public sector, private sector, and social sector,...
