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The Book: A Writer's Book of Days
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A Writer's Book of Days
A Spirited Companion & Lively Muse for the Writing Life
More Praise for the Book:
"A Writer's Book of Days is the best sort of writer's book: You feel like writing as you read it! It is a spring-fed fountain of inspiration for the writers in us all. This book dances around the imagination and makes you take out your pens and notebook to play."
- SARK
Artist/author of Succulent Wild Women
"A delightful mix of common sense and inspiration … I suggest this book to every writing seminar graduate - a way to take the experience home and carry on."
- Christina Baldwin
Author of Storycatcher and Life's Companion
"Sure to quench the thirst for inspiration. Reeves's work will find the creative in every writer, and bring it dancing onto the page."
- Fiction Writer
"An invaluable guide for the writer … Full of delicious prompts, exercises, insights, and inspirational tips, it will get people who dream of becoming real writers to do what real writers do - sit down joyfully and get to work!"
- Steve Kowit
Author of In the Palm of Your Hand
"Hats off to Judy Reeves for this practical compendium for the budding writer. Writers have long known that daily practice is what it takes, and Ms. Reeves gives us a helping hand with daily writing exercises, useful inspiration, and pertinent quotes from Mick Jagger to Willa Cather. This Book of Days is not for the shelf but for the backpack, the desk, the bedside table. A portable feast."
~ Dorianne Laux
Professor of creative writing, University of Oregon
Coauthor of The Poet's Companion:
A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
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ABOUT THE BOOK
A Writer's Book of Days is a holistic approach to being a writer that encompasses the physical, emotional, and spiritual as well as the creative aspects of writing.
Evocative daily writing prompts - culled from hundreds of writing workshops - open the door to your own creative process, leading you to better writing. To create new or enhance existing stories, poems, or writing of any kind, all you have to do is set a date for writing practice, open your notebook, and begin writing.
You'll learn:
- The ten daily habits that make a good writer
- What stuck looks like and how to get unstuck
- How to tell when the critic, censor, or editor is present and what to do about it
- How to transfer real life into fiction
- Where to find fresh images
- How to discover what you really want to write about.
A Writer's Book of Days can be counted on for encouragement, motivation, cheering on, and a never-ending supply of great ideas. It's a best friend, creative partner, and a portable muse all rolled into one.
EXCERPTS
REVIEWS
"The book is so jam-packed with inspiration, practical advice, and wise observations and examples … that you feel yourself being eager to get at the writing. …The method Judy Reeves uses is designed to make you dig deeper, free your creativity, and write, write, WRITE."
~ Writer's Journal
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You'll find the following topics on JudyReevesWriter.com
"About Judy Reeves"
Avoiding the Truth
Books
Critique, How and What of
Doors and Windows
Everyone Has Something to Say
Finding the Form
Habits That Make a Good Writer, Ten Daily
Indissoluble Time
Intuitive Writing
Keep the Fire Burning
Language
Links
Muse Works a Crowd
Paying Attention
Practice, Effects of
Practice, Why
Prompts
Read and Critique, Why
Revising and Rewriting
Slow Down
Surrender to the Page
Take Risks
Taming the Beast
Timed Writing
Truth is in the Details
Verbs, Better
Website - Table of Contents
Workshop Comments
Workshop Group, Benefits of a
Workshops
Writing Practice, What is
"Writer's Book of Days, A" - About the Book
"Writer's Book of Days, A" - Reviews
"Writer's Book of Days, A" - Table of Contents
"Writing Alone, Writing Together" - About the Book
"Writing Alone, Writing Together" - Reviews
"Writing Alone, Writing Together" - Table of Contents
Writing from the Senses
Writing Groups
Writing Group, Looking for the Perfect
Writing Groups, Read and Critique
Writing in Community
Writing Journey
Writing Life
Writing, Notes on
Writing Practice
Writing Practice Benefits
Writing Practice Guidelines
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