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Write: 10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period. Paperback – May 11, 2006
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In a revolutionary guide to the writer's art, a psychologist and novelist presents her personal program for overcoming the problems of writer's block, offering a series of techniques, exercises, and checklists designed to jump-start one's creativity and the writing process. Original. 35,000 first printing.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAdams Media
- Publication dateMay 11, 2006
- Dimensions5.25 x 0.74 x 7.13 inches
- ISBN-109781593375034
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"As well researched and helpful a book on writing as I've ever read." -- Kurt Vonnegut
About the Author
Karen E. Peterson, Ph.D. (Phoenix, AZ) is a psychologist, novelist, and public speaker with extensive media experience. She is a former university writing instructor with an M.A. in English. The recipient of several university literary awards, Dr. Peterson has conducted research on writer's block and procrastination.
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- ASIN : 1593375034
- Publisher : Adams Media; Second edition (May 11, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781593375034
- ISBN-13 : 978-1593375034
- Item Weight : 9.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.74 x 7.13 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2014
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I liked this book because it tells us how the left hemisphere of the brain plays a vital role in the creative writing process as a kind of manager of the boring tasks the right ( creative and inspired ) hemisphere is not so keen to embrace. Just found that the exercises with the dominant and non-dominant hands didn't work for me. But the main concept is very enlightening and makes a considerable change for those,like me, who think that the right side of the brain should be the main entity present in the writing process, or should I say, all processes.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2015
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This book has been so helpful! Every time I get stuck I still go back and read through it. Writer's Block has plagued me for years, and I had looked at other self-help books on unblocking Writer's Block, but always got bored. This book is well written, and a fun read.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2006
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I've read a fair amount of the current popular writer's block literature, including Jane Anne Staw's book *Unstuck*, Ralph Keyes's *The Courage to Write* and Alice Flaherty's brilliant *The Midnight Disease*. And while I found this book interesting, I was discouraged when (despite an open mind, calm approach, and several attempts at the exercises) my right and left responses proved identical, repeatedly.
One of Alice Flaherty's points is that serious writer's block (and its obverse cousin, hypergraphia) is a more complicated and intricate linkage of neurological processes than this book's "right" and "left" brain theorizing. I'm no expert on these matters, but I find myself unfulfilled by Peterson's methods, and I think the overconfident title ("Period"!) brushes with all-out irresponsibility on her part. Legitimate writer's block is quite awful for the afflicted and so the title echoes a bit of old snake oil promises.
Please don't get me wrong: I'm sincerely glad this book is helping people and I don't mean to squelch anyone's success, but I would caution prospective buyers to take a *careful* look at this book beforehand. Don't let the title inflate your hope prematurely. Don't make the mistake I did. Ensure these exercises hold promise for you before you buy her book.
One of Alice Flaherty's points is that serious writer's block (and its obverse cousin, hypergraphia) is a more complicated and intricate linkage of neurological processes than this book's "right" and "left" brain theorizing. I'm no expert on these matters, but I find myself unfulfilled by Peterson's methods, and I think the overconfident title ("Period"!) brushes with all-out irresponsibility on her part. Legitimate writer's block is quite awful for the afflicted and so the title echoes a bit of old snake oil promises.
Please don't get me wrong: I'm sincerely glad this book is helping people and I don't mean to squelch anyone's success, but I would caution prospective buyers to take a *careful* look at this book beforehand. Don't let the title inflate your hope prematurely. Don't make the mistake I did. Ensure these exercises hold promise for you before you buy her book.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2010
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This book might be helpful if the reader were a split-brain patient--a person who has had surgery to separate the left and right hemispheres of the brain to control epilepsy. For everyone else, the two sides of the brain communicate with one another directly and extremely rapidly, mainly by way of the corpus callosum, a thick band of fibers. The author is apparently unaware of this fact. This means that her repeated advice to respond to checklists separately with the dominant and nondominant hand to reveal the different thinking of the two hemispheres is simply nonsense. So the reviewers who said their two hands gave identical responses now know why. (For those who did get different answers, there are simple explanations for that that have nothing to do with hemispheric differences). Since this faulty understanding informs all of the book's recommendations, I found this book a great disappointment. There are some interesting bits about the work of Allan Schore, a brilliant thinker on the brain and development, but other than that, there is little of value to be had here.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2015
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absolutely love it!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
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Book arrived in like new condition. Only one page of highlights in it-practically never used. Cover intact, no pages torn or folded. Great quality-text has great insight on psychologically training yourself to access both sides of your brain to write. Awesome method, new technique instead of just saying to brainstorm and write anything to get yourself in the mood to write.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2010
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The book came in good condition from the seller, I've just started the book and it has a big focus on psychological issues that may block your writing...hopefully it gets better.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2019
I read this book for a while but came back to it when I saw that long bookmark teasing me from the middle. I've never especially felt writers block because I just work on where my feelings go and if I start on a thing, I can usually keep going.
Writing Down the Bones taught me my work ethic.
I did find a lot of the first half of this book interesting. There was the bit on schedule, taking time to write. I read it ignoring most of the right/left brain weeds and trying to glean good advice. I was doing a lot of translating the written advice into practical things I could use to the point where I was just giving myself advice.
It leans into the pop science of it all hard and it feels like a lot of stabs in the dark about how I feel. It is on the horoscope side of science. Maybe if I had writers block, this hokum would be stronger.
Kurt Vonnegut's name is also plastered all over this book, which makes it clear that the book doesn't stand on its own. Also, Vonnegut was a creeper that treated female grad students like little packages of pleasure the universe owed him.
Writing Down the Bones taught me my work ethic.
I did find a lot of the first half of this book interesting. There was the bit on schedule, taking time to write. I read it ignoring most of the right/left brain weeds and trying to glean good advice. I was doing a lot of translating the written advice into practical things I could use to the point where I was just giving myself advice.
It leans into the pop science of it all hard and it feels like a lot of stabs in the dark about how I feel. It is on the horoscope side of science. Maybe if I had writers block, this hokum would be stronger.
Kurt Vonnegut's name is also plastered all over this book, which makes it clear that the book doesn't stand on its own. Also, Vonnegut was a creeper that treated female grad students like little packages of pleasure the universe owed him.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2015Verified Purchase
does the trick
