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Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories, and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually Do It
by
S.A.R.K.
“SARK is a sparkler who jump-starts the creative process. Her ideas are user-friendly, innovative, and pragmatic.” –Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way
Write and share what’s in your heart! Let SARK show you how. Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper is your non-judgmental witness, resoundingly supportive friend, and practical guide to the craft of writing and storytelling. For a...more
Write and share what’s in your heart! Let SARK show you how. Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper is your non-judgmental witness, resoundingly supportive friend, and practical guide to the craft of writing and storytelling. For a...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
August 12th 2008
by Three Rivers Press
(first published August 5th 2008)
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This has to be one of the best finds I've literally stumbled upon in the library! I love when I just start wandering around searching for one thing and find something else that I end up loving!
One of the most inspirational books I've read in a long time, or maybe ever. I admit my mood was in a funk for a couple days....I read this and not only get sucked into it but I get this urge to start writing! I've wanted to write and toy around with the idea of writing more than just these blogs and revie...more
One of the most inspirational books I've read in a long time, or maybe ever. I admit my mood was in a funk for a couple days....I read this and not only get sucked into it but I get this urge to start writing! I've wanted to write and toy around with the idea of writing more than just these blogs and revie...more
People either like SARK's style or they don't. I do. If you're looking for a book about constructing plots, characters, tension in your writing--you won't find any of that here. But if you're looking to jumpstart your work, move beyond fear and self-doubt, or just look at your world a little differently, SARK is a great facilitator of the creative process. While reading this book, I decided to move 20 steps away from a hiking route I had literally been taking for 20 years. I moved 20 steps from...more
It’s the kind of coffee table book you would find in the more liberal English class-room – the kind where students are actually taught to write for themselves rather than just how to fill in a state mandated grid.
Its meant to be picked up and put down many times – not the kind of book you read straight through from beginning to end. It’s filled with advice and quotes and encouragement to get the most calcified of wannabe writers putting words on paper. The biggest lesson the book holds is “no fe...more
I love SARK's books. They are all so colorful and fun. This one is a very fast read, with a lot of interesting anecdotes and ideas in it. It made it nearly irresistible to work in my journal while I was reading this book.
My biggest challenge in reading this book was in not getting discouraged that my journal efforts don't look nearly as interesting as SARK's. Ironically, I find myself apologizing within the pages of the journal because they are ugly or boring. But if you need inspiration or jus...more
My biggest challenge in reading this book was in not getting discouraged that my journal efforts don't look nearly as interesting as SARK's. Ironically, I find myself apologizing within the pages of the journal because they are ugly or boring. But if you need inspiration or jus...more
I have read this before and absolutely love it! It is full of inspiration and writing advise. The writing advise is more about getting over the things that block creativity and production (something I'm quite prone to!). The other great thing about this book is the resources that SARK provides. So many books and web-sites and music to look at! I have gotten even more inspiration and ideas from looking at those as well. I have always found SARK to be such a positive beam of light and she delivers...more
Aug 13, 2008
McNair
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
writers, authors, speakers, teachers, artists, stroytellers, humans
Recommended to McNair by:
The Author
After fourteen grand, inspiring books, our delightful SARK has crafted a rich, full, remarkable book on writing. This is not your typical how-to-write-a-book book. She does share scores of insights and practical tips for writing, getting published, and the all-important finding your own "voice." But like all of SARK's work (books, articles, interviews, appearances, and seminars) she gives more than we could ever expect. There are the always-welcome SARK-prises of unexpected treats and secrets. O...more
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I adore SARK and find her colorful books really fun to read and inspirational. This book is mostly for the writer who is stuck or afraid to begin writing. That's not me...I found her chapter on publishing to be helpful, though. She encourages the writer to examine the story they tell themselves regarding publishing (for me, that would be that nobody wants to publish first-time novelists) and to create a new, positive story.
The bright colors, drawings, and hand printing in this book are like all of SARK's books making it appear as if the book has lots of content. Sounds good, but it is pretty much all recycled. If you are looking for new ideas for writing, this book doesn’t have it.
Two things I did like about the book were the writing quotes spread throughout the book and some Internet sites that were listed in the final chapters.
Two things I did like about the book were the writing quotes spread throughout the book and some Internet sites that were listed in the final chapters.
A fun and inspiring way to get past the fears of writing. It was a good read for me because I spent 4 years studying writing and have written very little since college. It got me journaling again. It doesn't go too deep, and it's written all in sharpie markers, but it's a good avenue for a new perspective for someone in need of one.
This book has all the SARK hallmarks: bold colors; handwriting instead of text printed by machine; the story about living in the nook in the bookstore; info about micro-movements; gentle, supportive advice. I didn't learn anything new, but I always appreciate SARK's kindness and wisdom. Now writers have a SARK book to call their own.
If you are a woman with something to say, and you are feeling a little shy or lacking in creative freedom, then read this book. SARK writes in an informal, entertaining, and practical style, and she will inspire you to embrace your creative self, and to fulfill your dreams of being heard and seen.
A cute book which also had some sensible things to say about starting writing. But the cute factor started to grate after a while and I found the typography quite hard to read. Not a book to read in one sitting but quite pleasant to pick up and flick through now and again
As always, I thoroughly enjoy reading Sark. This book in particular has a vast amount of referrals from her experience as an author. She shares writer's websites, good reading, motivational excercises and publishing resources, a wealth of information.
This book touched me in a way that other books on writing or the creative process haven't. I will have a lot to think about for a long time, and will be going back to read it many times in the months to come.
her style is inimitable and straightforward.
reading this book is like sitting across a coffee table from sark (susan) and receiving the benefit
of her encouragement for your writing.
reading this book is like sitting across a coffee table from sark (susan) and receiving the benefit
of her encouragement for your writing.
Absolutely love SARK's honesty and humor as I learned from her how to think more like a writer. The activities are focused on organizing time and resources, dispelling personal mind-blocks, and spinning the writer's personal stories into works that speak a personal yet universal message.
I think it's fun to read about writing, esp. looking at it in the light of blog writing.
Lots of great quotes I need to go back and copy down. Fun stuff.
Lots of great quotes I need to go back and copy down. Fun stuff.
I just love SARK, mostly because she tells me things I already know. And she always makes me want to quit typing and start writing, as in handwriting, with markers and colors. And she makes me feel accomplished because I can finish one of her books in two days. This one is about writing, which comes at a good time for me, as I'm just getting out of a rut and feeling some steam gather. My one problem with SARK is her books are a little samey; a chapter or a page lifted from any of her books would...more
Love this style. Refreshing for a reference book. I pick it up and flip through for inspiration and haven't been disappointed yet.
Thanks, Sark, for all of the "Juicy" details about how and why you put off writing, just like the rest of us do.
I read this book in like three days. It has really motivated me to start writing again.
Bright marker-coloured text, squiggles, white space, inspiring, affirming, absolutely juicy!
SARK writes books combining art and writing to encourage people on various topics. They are fun.
Dec 10, 2009
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Love this book. It's for writers. I have several pages in this book flagged.
fun quirky, and informative. I really enjoyed the book.
Makes me want to write and write!
I like all of SARK's books. :)
seriously love her...
This was just a fun little encouragement book. I need those sometimes...
The title delighted me when I first heard it and I'm still in love with it! Sark is a delight and this is my favorite book (and I really like all the other ones!). The resources and inclusion of other writers is great - demonstrates the "community" approach for writers - might inspire more people to write!
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SARK (a.k.a. Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) is an American author and illustrator of self-help books. Five of her sixteen books have been national bestsellers, and she has sold more than two million copies of her books.
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