false <![CDATA[If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg 248954 6 This book so speaks to the contemporary writer that it is nearly impossible to believe that it was originally published in 1938. In <i>If You Want to Write</i>, Brenda Ueland sets forth not just a philosophy about how to write or how to create, but also about how to live. Beginning writers will certainly be encouraged by Ueland's words, but even the most experienced have much to glean from Ueland's simple wisdom. "Everybody," writes Ueland in the opening chapter, "is talented, original, and has something important to say." Finding that something important involves embracing creative idleness ("the imagination needs moodling--long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering"), freeing "what we <i>really</i> think, from what we think we ought to think," and "thumb[ing] your nose at all know-it-alls, jeerers, critics, doubters." One must think, she says, "of telling a story, not of writing it." And when revising one's writing, she advises, "do not try to think of better <i>words</i>, more gripping words.... It is not yet deeply enough imagined." Finally, "whenever you find yourself writing a single word or phrase or page dutifully and with boredom, then leave it out.... If what you write bores you, it will bore other people." And just because <i>If You Want to Write</i> is passionate, sincere, and even spiritual, do not think it is not also witty. One footnote bluntly declaims, "No doubt my terms would horrify a psychologist but I do not care at all." Elsewhere Ueland titles a chapter "Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It for Their Writing." Amen, sister! 3065140 1983 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit total:449|5:205|4:150|3:67|2:21|1:6| 449 1874 756 118 635190 1555974716 9781555974718 47 15 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176563795m/635190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635190.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 19:24:31 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 20:39:42 -0700 2008 www.burnah.blogspot.com) To really remember it, I want to put it down here:
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Her...more...]]> 635190 1555974716 9781555974718 47 15 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176563795m/635190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635190.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 5 0 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 10:15:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:57:05 -0700 2009 1 ...more...]]> 635190 1555974716 9781555974718 47 15 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176563795m/635190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635190.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 3 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:44:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:58:30 -0700 2009 1 not as life changing for me as it was for the many who have read it.

This would have made a good pamphlet or even blog post. Why? It's repetitious. I do agree with Brenda Ueland's theory that writing (or any type o...more...]]> 248954 1555972608 9781555972608 380 99 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248954.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 5 2 false Thu May 21 11:38:26 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 30 11:12:03 -0700 2007 Thu May 21 11:38:27 -0700 2009
Her approach is one of pure enthusiasm and letting go of your notions of writing "well" or worrying about your "style", instead she advocates tapping into what is true ...more...]]> 248954 1555972608 9781555972608 380 99 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248954.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 3 0 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 14:40:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 07:55:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 248954 1555972608 9781555972608 380 99 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248954.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 5 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 16:00:48 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 20:10:03 -0700 2007 Bird by Bird : I'm sure I'll reread it again and again as I make the rough journey of writing. I would read 2-3 pages and find my zeal rekindled to write. Brenda gave me lots of practical help in becoming a better writer. Reading it fel...more...]]> 248954 1555972608 9781555972608 380 99 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248954.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 4 0 false Wed Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Mar 24 22:05:40 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:01:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 248954 1555972608 9781555972608 380 99 If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124836m/248954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248954.If_You_Want_to_Write_A_Book_about_Art_Independence_and_Spirit 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:53:56 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:59:01 -0800 2009 - everyone has talent, is original, and has something important to say
- it's healthy for everyone to write; i.e., create
- everyone needs to writ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=248954