false 76788 4 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. 74274 27 3 1981 Becoming a Writer total:133|5:39|4:49|3:32|2:9|1:4| 133 509 244 28 5 6 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 13:29:39 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 12:26:21 -0700 2009
I give "Becoming a Writer" five stars not because it's the most amazing book ever written -- it is, after all, an instructional book, and as such has its limits -- but because it feels almost like...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 08 15:28:23 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 05:20:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Apr 02 10:53:17 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 13:23:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 25 19:34:44 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:35:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 08:28:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 08:29:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 06:10:24 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:36:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:13:49 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:16:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Dec 26 20:37:10 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 20:39:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:15:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:19:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 06 07:36:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:37:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:12:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:13:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:24:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:24:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 10:24:22 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 18:24:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 15:04:25 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:56:15 -0800 2008 The Morning Page was her idea to release and capture the unconscious.
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The book itself is full of ideas a writer can use. It is not a technical ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 06 13:29:12 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 13:31:06 -0800 2008
If you only read one book on writing, ma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 14:45:13 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:46:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 20:06:09 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 20:09:40 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Dec 06 00:34:10 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 00:39:37 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 07:31:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 07:32:51 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=76788