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How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
by
Barbara Baig
Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel or a memoir or a collection of poems, or you simply want to improve your everyday writing, this innovative book will show you how to build your skills by way of practice.
Through playful and purposeful exercises, you'll develop your natural aptitude for com...more
Through playful and purposeful exercises, you'll develop your natural aptitude for com...more
Paperback, 265 pages
Published
September 26th 2010
by Writers Digest Books
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"Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel or a memoir or a collection of poems, or you simply want to improve your everyday writing, this innovative book will show you how to build your skills by way of practice..."
So reads the first paragraph on the back cover, which drew me in immediately. What started out as another "this is how you do it" book quickly turned into a huge sigh of relief for me personally. Barbara Bai...more
So reads the first paragraph on the back cover, which drew me in immediately. What started out as another "this is how you do it" book quickly turned into a huge sigh of relief for me personally. Barbara Bai...more
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wonder full book .. this book may help Lot of people How to Be a Writer and also Building Your Creative Skills.this book has good meaning that also needs to use it actually this book help's me lot of things also was my needs... 4 now you better get use to it if really wanna feel better and i hope you may found out your needs to appreciate you will be great with and hopeful this book for me my finger is thumps up with this book better look it down body ... am off ....
try this book insha Allah If...more
try this book insha Allah If...more
Useful for beginners, though the information is repeated almost every chapter. Advice pretty much amounts to free-writing, list making, and more free-writing.
Although this took me almost a year to finish—very rare and sporadic reading here and there—it was well worth it and a great book on writing. It contains a lot if good information and practicing techniques that is very helpful. Plus, the fact that this was a free ebook on my Nook was an extra bonus.
If you are at all interested in writing and/or becoming a writer, I recommend this book. Even if you don't feel fully inclined to dive into this book, I do highly recommend at least reading the last...more
It's essentially freewriting prompts. You may be better served looking for free prompts on the web.
I've read a LOT of books on the craft of writing and over time I've found less and less I like about them. This one had a "go at your own pace and don't worry about it" tone that I found refreshing, relaxing and encouraging. The whole philosophy about PRACTICING, just like a piano player, golfer, or basketball player, is something a lot of uptight writers should embrace. Have fun with it. This book will show you how.
Easily one of the top 5 books on writing that I would recommend.
Easily one of the top 5 books on writing that I would recommend.
It had some really good ideas, but I felt like she was just repeating the same thing over and over and over.
Disappointing. Basically the book is free writing, list making, repeat. It was so annoying reading the same thing over and over.
This book really got me going in the first chapter or two, but the repetition (lather, rinse, repeat style) really left me feeling a little washed out. Perhaps if it had been a workbook, and a lot shorter, the teaching style really would have shone through.
Nothing really new in here but I did find some motivating advice and some new twists on some old exercises. I think the most important feeling I got from this book is that we're not alone - writing is tough!
A useful book, full of practical advice and encouragement
So. Very. Repetitive.
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