Create Your Writer's Life: A Guide to Writing With Joy and Ease

Create Your Writer's Life: A Guide to Writing With Joy and Ease
Author: Cynthia Morris
Publisher: Original Impulse Inc.
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0975922459

Create Your Writer's Life offers a coaching approach to develop a writing practice that actually works. Finally, a resource that allows you to do it your way, and that works.

The Unhappy Lawyer

The Unhappy Lawyer
Author: Monica Parker
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1402235267

"Parker has done an outstanding job of demystifying how any lawyer can make the transition into a new career that offers more potential for success and more importantly, personal satisfaction." - Don E. Hutcheson, Author, Don't Waste Your Talent: The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What You Do Best The Unhappy Lawyer will help you uncover exciting alternative careers with a unique step-by-step program that will make you feel like you have your very own career coach. With chapters containing real letters from lawyers who are desperate to leave the practice of law, tales from lawyers who have shut the door on their legal careers, and powerful exercises, The Unhappy Lawyer provides a witty, no-nonsense roadmap for finding and pursuing engaging work outside of the law. The Unhappy Lawyer will show you, step-by-step, how to: Figure out what you really want from your work and life Discover several career possibilities that excite you Immerse yourself in career possibilities that allow you to use your natural talents And much, much more. The Unhappy Lawyer provides you with the escape route you are seeking. This book helps you ask and answer the hard questions about what you really want from your work and life and will help you successfully pursue your career goals.

How to Write a Novel

How to Write a Novel
Author: Nathan Bransford
Publisher: Nathan Bransford
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 173414940X

Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Read the guide that New York Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called "The best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."

Lost in the Meritocracy

Lost in the Meritocracy
Author: Walter Kirn
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307279456

A New York Times Notable Book A Daily Beast Best Book of the Year A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers’ pet theories. But when he launched himself eastward to an Ivy League university, Kirn discovered that the temple of higher learning he had expected was instead just another arena for more gamesmanship, snobbery, and social climbing. In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or within.

Creative Visualization for Writers

Creative Visualization for Writers
Author: Nina Amir
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440347182

Explore Your Motivations. Replenish Your Creativity. Define Your Vision for Success. To become a more creative, confident, and productive writer, you need to focus your attention, visualize your desires, set clearly defined goals, and take action toward your dreams. Let Creative Visualization for Writers be your guide on this journey of self-discovery. You'll learn how to: • Evaluate your beliefs and shed self-defeating behaviors. • Determine your destination by visualizing your ideas and goals. • Develop an Author Attitude that will help you write, achieve, earn, and produce more. • Discover new ways to foster your creativity and productivity. • Affirm that you have what it takes to succeed. Featuring more than 100 exercises and prompts to spark new writing ideas and give you a creative boost, as well as coloring pages to encourage relaxation, Creative Visualization for Writers helps you transform your dreams into reality and find joy in the creative process.

Why I Write

Why I Write
Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1913724263

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Write Smart, Write Happy

Write Smart, Write Happy
Author: Cheryl St. John
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 144035183X

Vanquish Your Writing Doubts & Obstacles Writing is a vulnerable occupation; it is both personal and intimate. The act of writing, cycles of revision, and the confusing publishing industry can shatter a writer's confidence, leaving you feeling like an imposter, overcome with rejection. Survival--and success--requires commitment, honesty, courage, resilience, sacrifice, and miles and miles of heart. You have everything you need as a writer--it lies within, in the form of consistency and self-confidence. With Write Smart, Write Happy, best-selling author Cheryl St. John will help you unlock your skills, guiding you to overcome every hesitation, obstacle, form of writer's block, and procrastination habit you have. Within these pages, you'll learn to: • Organize your writing life by using a planner, scheduling your yearly goals, and acknowledging career plans. • Sharpen your saw by recharging your creativity, developing positive motivation, and creating healthy writing habits. • Affirm your beliefs by overcoming self-doubt, learning to use affirmations, and altering your thinking. • Conquer remaining fears by releasing tendencies towards perfectionism and establishing strategies for habitual success. Written with a no-nonsense attitude, St. John's "advice from the trenches" will help you take an introspective look at your own writing habits and life. Through examples and inspiration from writers who struggled with--and overcame--rejection and reservations, discover the path towards writing smarter and happier today.

A Writer's Guide To Persistence

A Writer's Guide To Persistence
Author: Jordan Rosenfeld
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2015-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1599638886

Practice. Polish. Persist. Your writing journey can take you many places: hiking through steep mountains, traversing unknown territory, hurdling both roadblocks and rejections. Even the siren song of fame and fortune can distract you from your true purpose: to express yourself in an authentic and meaningful way, and to share your words with others. A Writer's Guide to Persistence is your road map through the rugged terrain of the writer's path. You'll discover advice and techniques for cultivating a fruitful, deeply meaningful writing life by practicing your craft, polishing your work, and persisting through even the toughest challenges. Inside you'll find: • Practical ways to balance writing with the rest of your life: taming your busy schedule, increasing your productivity, and committing to a writing practice • Advice for developing authentic work: finding your voice, writing bravely, and breaking the blocks to creative flow • Methods for stretching your skills through craft and revision • Thoughts on pushing through rejection and doubt, submitting strong, nourishing yourself to avoid burnout, and keeping your mind and body fit Filled with journaling exercises and much-needed motivation, as well as insights from best-selling writers in a variety of genres, A Writer's Guide to Persistence will help you find the joy and purpose inherent in a writer's life. Your journey to publication and success may take a lifetime, but you can sow the rewards of writing with every step. "A compassionate and intelligent guide for any writer who's just starting out or one who needs the understanding and encouragement of a great writing coach. Rosenfeld offers practical solutions for every concern, from how to find the time to write to getting through writer's block." --Patricia V. Davis, best-selling author

The Art of Inspiration

The Art of Inspiration
Author: Bryna Rene Haynes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2016-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780984500666

Finally, a book that addresses not only the physical process of creating an inspirational, self-help, or personal development book, but the emotional and spiritual hurdles that block writers from following their dreams and finishing their books! "The Art of Inspiration" is no ordinary writing how-to or reference book, but rather an energetic companion guide for writers of all experience levels! It not only addresses the physical process for creating an inspirational, self-help, or personal development book, but actually teaches you to think, feel, and create like an inspired writer! "The Art of Inspiration" will walk you through the entire book creation process, from your first "divine download" to your final draft. Along the way, you'll learn how to: Fully identify your book's purpose and vision. Create a rock-solid outline and Information Delivery System that will support you through your entire writing process. Flow through your first draft with confidence and grace. Create compelling teaching stories that hook your readers. Refine your content in your second draft. Ask for and receive feedback you can actually integrate. Use tools like meditation, mindfulness, and self-inquiry to move through "stuck places" and help your authentic voice emerge with ease. Self-edit your manuscript to get it ready for submission. Choose a publishing option that works for you. ... But most importantly, you'll learn how to "ask the right questions" about your topic and how you relate to it, so that you can forge your own path to aligned writing, and bring forth a world-changing book that fully expresses your purpose and vision. Advance Praise "I've worked with Bryna since 2010, and when it comes to heart-centered, transformational editing, there's no one better. Her insights and authentic support will take your writing to the next level with love, and give you the confidence you need to share your work with the world." - Linda Joy, founder of "Aspire Magazine" & 7-time best-selling publisher at Inspired Living Publishing "The most important thing you need to write a life-changing book is a fiery-hot passion for your topic. The second most important thing you need is the guidance of this book. I wish I'd had "The Art of Inspiration" while writing my first books-it would have made the process so much easier!" - Boni Lonnsburry, conscious creation expert, award-winning, best-selling author of "Messages From Your Unseen Friends Vol. I" and "The Map: To Our Responsive Universe, Where Dreams Really Do Come True!" YOU are an inspiration, and the world needs to hear your message! If you have been waiting for the right time to write the book that's in your heart, the time is now! So get inspired, and start writing the book that will change your world!

Everyone Has What It Takes

Everyone Has What It Takes
Author: William Kenower
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 059333079X

An insightful guide for any writer who's ever wondered if they're talented, creative, lovable, or worthy enough. Spoiler alert: You are. As hard as the craft of writing is, the greatest challenges writers face are often within ourselves. Comparison, self-doubt, isolation, and other internal struggles can derail a writer's progress, at any stage in the writing life. Author, essayist, and speaker William Kenower knows these struggles first-hand, and hears them from writers everywhere he teaches and appears. In this candid and encouraging book, he dismantles the myth that some writers have talent and others don't, and shares relatable stories, wisdom, and best practices for reengaging with our passion, following our curiosity, and staying connected to what matters most. If you've ever wondered whether you're "really" a writer, or should retreat to a safer, more conventional path, this enlightening and accepting book will spark renewed purpose and joy on your writing journey.