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Practical and Poignant, February 7, 2010
This review is from: Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity (Paperback)
Just as the subtitle describes, this is a book of prompts, quotes, and exercises to jumpstart your [writing] creativity. If you've ever read any of Bennet's other books, you already know what a fine writer he is, and this book is no exception. Compact and designed to be used randomly, each creative exercise averages five pages (some are only one or two pages); long enough to get under your creative skin, but not enough to distract the writer from her job of writing.
There is something for everyone here: fifty exercises that will get your juices flowing, ranging from exploring the creative process, to writing from an animal's perspective, to using tarot cards, to creating alternate realities, to suspending disbelief, developing characters, and so forth. As a successful working writer for thirty years, the author has developed a pleasing flow and cadence to his writing, which shines through even in a book such as this. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography and a list of Internet resources for writers.
Practical and poignant, any writer will be able to find herself--or her muse-- somewhere within these pages.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is a gift that keeps giving, March 7, 2010
This review is from: Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity (Paperback)
The first time I picked up this little gem of a book, I had an "ah-hah" moment that jump-started my writing. The second time I picked it up, same thing. Now every morning when I sit down at the computer to write, I open Hal Zina Bennett's book first. It works every time. "Write Starts" is a gift that just keeps giving.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A very worthwhile tool for inspiration and creativity., July 20, 2010
This review is from: Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity (Paperback)
Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity [Paperback] By: Hal Zina Bennett (Author) -- At one time, writing was slow and awkward for me. My assignments at work forced me to write, but each article and paper was a tedious torment. Hal Zina Bennett's book, recommended by an author friend of mine, turned my writing life completely around. Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity brings the great craft of writing directly to your desktop. The book explains how the writing process works (and why it sometimes can not work). With those insights at my fingertips, and using Hal Zina Bennett's simple exercises and techniques, I began to write faster, more often, with more creativity, flooded with inspiration and less fear. I was set free from the shackles of writer's block. And now, I can truly enjoy professional writing, full-time -- something that would have been unimaginable before I read Write Starts. Reviewed by: C.J. Good, Author
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