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Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life

10 best books like Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life (Bonni Goldberg): The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach, The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing, Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life, Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication & Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams, The Writer's Idea Book, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft, What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within, Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated

The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
AuthorRobin Behn
Part of me wants to hate on writing-by-formula, but I like this book a lot and was interested in a lot of the exercises. It's a good read on its own, even if you don't intend to use any of the prompts. After each prompt, the author explains why s/he finds these particular constraints valuable. I liked Agha...
The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing
AuthorMonica Wood
ISBN1582973229
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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...
Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
AuthorCarolyn See
ISBN0345440463
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...
A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life
AuthorJudy Reeves
ISBN1577311000
Playwright and editor Judy Reeves has taught writing, led creative writing workshops, and participated in writing groups for years. A Writer’s Book of Days is a compilation of all that she’s learned from getting together to write with other people. She says, “the book came about because I saw...
Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication & Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams
AuthorHeather Sellers
Writing a book requires a focus, a sense of knowing and trusting in yourself and your work. And it requires an unflinching commitment to staying the course. Chapter After Chapter shows you how to build on your good writing habits, accrue and recognize tiny successes, and turn your dedication to the craft...
The Writer's Idea Book
AuthorJack Heffron
"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...
Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN1582973857
Are you a writer longing to rediscover the joy that you once had in the craft (or even find it for the first time)? In this inspiring guide, Jane Yolen, an author who has been called America's Hans Christian Andersen, shows writers how to focus on aspects of the craft that bring them joy. She remarks in the...
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
AuthorAnne Bernays
ISBN0062720066
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...
Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within
AuthorDennis Palumbo
ISBN0471382663
"Dennis Palumbo has great insight into a writer s psyche.... Every writer should have a shrink or this book. The book is cheaper."
--Gary Shandling, actor, comic, and writer "wise, compassionate, and funny..."
--Aram Saroyan, poet and novelist

"Dennis Palumbo provides a sense...
Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
AuthorNancy Kress
ISBN1582973199
A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next.

In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental...
Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
AuthorBarbara DeMarco-Barrett
ISBN0156029782
In her fifteen years of teaching, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has found that the biggest stumbling block for aspiring writers (especially women) is not fear of the blank page but frustration with the lack of time. What woman doesn't have too much to do and too little time? Finding an hour free of work, children,...
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
AuthorNatalie Goldberg
ISBN1416535020
I’ve been doing Julia Cameron’s morning pages since November last year. The idea is that you freewrite three pages: anything - everything - that comes to mind. In February I felt I was ready to move on to some morning writing that was a bit more structured, and use some prompts.

I love Natalie...
Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
AuthorLouise DeSalvo
ISBN0807072435
In this inspiring book, based on her twenty years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life. Contrary to what most...
One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft
AuthorSusan M. Tiberghien
ISBN1600940587
Whether you are a writer of fiction or essays, or want to explore poetry or memoir, Tiberghien's twelve fundamental lessons will help you discover and develop your own distinct voice. Tiberghien's inventive exercises focus on the processes unique to each genre, while also offering skills applicable...
Writers Book of Matches: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction
AuthorFresh Boiled Peanuts
Designed to help writers find inspiration anytime, anywhere, The Writer's Book of Matches is both muse and exercise partner for beginning and professional writers. This dynamic title: Is jam-packed with 1,001 creative prompts - more than any other book on the market Provides a spectrum of prompts,...
Writing Alone and with Others
AuthorPat Schneider
For more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds--the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. Her innovative methods have worked in classrooms from elementary to graduate...
Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Journey
AuthorDeena Metzger
ISBN0062506129
Pros:

-This book has some of the most creative and deepest writing prompts I've ever experienced.
-Those who follow the writing exercises will derive both personal and professional insight.
-This book can be used by writers of all levels.

Cons:
-The author disses "genre"...
The Weekend Novelist
AuthorRobert J. Ray
ISBN0823084507
Who doesn't dream of writing a novel while holding on to their day job? Robert J. Ray and co-author Bret Norris can help readers do just that, with this practical and accessible step-by-step guide to completing a novel in just a year's worth of weekends.

THE WEEKEND NOVELIST shows writers at...
The Write-Brain Workbook
AuthorBonnie Neubauer
ISBN1582973555
Never face a blank page again! With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. "The Write-Brain Workbook" is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative...
Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life
AuthorBonnie Friedman
ISBN0060922001
“In the spirit of Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, Friedman...gives heartfelt counsel to those who need to be coaxed into the creative process."—Washington Post

An indispensable guide for writers that explores the emotional side of writing and offers insightful advice on overcoming...
The 3 A.M. Epiphany
AuthorBrian Kiteley
ISBN1582973512
Discover Just How Good Your Writing Can Be

If you write, you know what it's like. Insight and creativity - the desire to push the boundaries of your writing - strike when you least expect it. And you're often in no position to act: in the shower, driving the kids to school...in the middle of the night.

The...
What Would Your Character Do?
AuthorEric Maisel
ISBN1582973725
Get Inside Your Character's HeadJust how well do you know your characters?

Test yourself–and your characters–with 30 interactive pop quizzes designed to help you discover exactly what makes your characters tick.

Noted author Eric Maisel draws on his technical knowledge...
Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
AuthorAlexander Steele
ISBN1582343306
Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.
Here you'll find: - The fundamental elements of fiction craft-character, plot, point...
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
AuthorThe New York Times
ISBN0805070850
Now in paperback, today's most celebrated writers explore literature and the literary life in an inspirational collection of original essays.

By turns poignant, hilarious, and practical, Writers on Writing brings together more than forty of contemporary literature's finest voices.

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