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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
If You Want to Write A Book about Art Independence and Spirit
Author: Brenda Ueland
In her 93 remarkable years, veteran freelance writer, memoirist, and writing teacher Brenda Ueland published some six million words. She once said there were two simple rules that she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not do anything she didn't want to do. Such integrity both distinguishes and defines If You Want to Write, her b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780915308941
ISBN-10: 0915308940
Publication Date: 2/1987
Pages: 179
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Publisher: Graywolf Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Inspiring. Totally inspiring.
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This is considered a classic in the field. It was first written in 1938 and reissued in 1987. Carl Sandburg called it "the best book ever written about how to write." She stresses writing with simplicity and clarity--being yourself on paper. It should be required reading for government writers and graduate students.
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a classic in learning to write!
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As much a book about living as about writing; it seeks to help people find their creative center. Carl Sandburg calls it "the best book ever written about how to write". Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Decent, but not my favorite book on writing (that would be "Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg).


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