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Excellent Book on Writing and Overcoming Writer's Block, April 13, 2008
This review is from: The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write (Paperback)
Mark David Gerson, author of the award-winning visionary novel, The Moon Quest, shares his secrets as a creative writer in this phenomenal guide to overcoming writer's block and unleashing your creative potential. Gerson offers numerous helpful tips, processes and visualizations to get the right words down on the page and to make those words flow without struggle. As a creative writing instructor for over fifteen years, Gerson shares the writing techniques he teaches in his popular seminars, and which have made him an award-winning writer. He includes numerous visualizations (also available on a CD) to encourage people to unlock their creative potential. Gerson tells us not to worry about what we are writing but simply to keep writing even if all we can write is "I don't know what to write" over and over. The important thing is to keep the pen moving. While some of Gerson's techniques are commonplace in creative writing courses, what he excels at is encouraging the writer to believe the book desired can be written. In fact, Gerson believes that book already exists and the writer simply needs to learn how to relax and stop the resistance that is preventing those words from getting onto the page. Gerson analyzes in depth the real reason for writer's block, how to overcome it, and how to channel that resistance into energy that leads to words on paper. The book's numerous short essays remind us to listen to our voices, to acknowledge that the story and characters know where they want to go, and that there are no perfect rules but that you can write however you want and it will be perfect for you. [...]. Read "The Voice of the Muse" and you too will be ready to answer the call to write! - Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of The Marquette Trilogy
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An important tool for writers of ALL levels!, June 16, 2009
This review is from: The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write (Paperback)
I've searched the many book stores and online forums, but nothing compares to Mark David Gerson's Voice of the Muse! The book doesn't just help overcome the horrors of writer's block in initial writing, but the editing process as well. The book helped me finish the last few chapters of my book and put me in a calm, and almost meditative, state to begin editing. The book takes a very practical and honest approach to the entire writing process; write now, write while the 'muse' is at work, and worry about editing LATER! I can't wait to take on my next project knowing i have this book on hand!
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This Book Provides Writers a Solid Shot of Inspiration, April 12, 2009
This review is from: The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write (Paperback)
Writers will often talk about waiting for the voice of the muse but I had never read a book on this topic until this book. Whether you are stalled trying to figure out which direction to take your writing or stuck in daily deadlines, you can gain much needed inspiration and encouragement from this book. In some of the opening pages, Gerson writes, "Whether or not you know what you want to write, whether or not you seek to be published, begin by opening to the notion that whatever has drawn you to your page and these pages starts with you, with the call and voice of your Muse. Ignore all external direction and all internal criticism. Pay no heed to what the "market will bear." What the market seeks today may not be what it will seek when your book or story is complete. What your heart calls you to write in this moment may be just what others' heart will cry out to read in two months, six months or a year." (page 19) Simple yet profound encouragement is laced throughout this book. Every writer can gain a solid dose of insight from THE VOICE OF THE MUSE. I recommend it.
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