- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Writers Digest Books (April 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582971420
- ISBN-13: 978-1582971421
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #772,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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According to Monica Wood, every writer needs two critics: one who offers unconditional praise and another who tells only truth. Wood's Pocket Muse does both--"on some pages you get a pat on the head, on others a kick in the seat"--and more. Every page of this pretty little book is devoted to helping you "jumpstart a writing session, inspire confidence, or strengthen your resolve." There are intriguing writing exercises, thought-provoking photographs, offbeat quotations from writers, enticing unfinished sentences, mini writing lessons, quirky word lists, stories from the writing trenches, and a generous dose of encouragement. "Write about a noise--or a silence--that won't go away," Wood suggests. "Someone has left a note on a car windshield," she offers. Books of this sort are often forced, or cute, or more about spirituality than writing. Not The Pocket Muse. It is a lively, appealing companion for a writer in need of a good nudge. --Jane Steinberg
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"A new type of writer's reference...a timeless resource to keep on any writer's shelf."
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Shuffling the Deck of Creativity,
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This review is from: Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing (Hardcover)
"The Pocket Muse", despite its name, is not really small enough to fit in your pocket (although it'll easily fit into your backpack, purse, or bag). It has an odd black-and-olive color scheme that I actually came to love after a while. Black and white photos are scattered throughout, and they're quite well reproduced. Suggestions are presented sideways, right-side-up, at an angle, on (reproduced) tacked-up notes, luggage tags, and index cards.There are suggestions and exercises. Sentences with blanks to fill in. Ruminations on elements of writing. Little horoscopes you can apply to your characters. Quotes from writers that don't duplicate the quotes I've seen in all the other writing books! (Monica Wood promised this would be the case in the introduction, and to be honest I didn't believe her. I do now.) There's fire and enthusiasm, and a deep understanding of the writing life and what it takes to not only survive it, but enjoy and thrive in it. Her "ten commandments for a happy writing life" and her recommendations for handling rejections are spot-on. I have not a single complaint about this book, except perhaps that I'd like to take every single page and put it on a card in a deck. Then on any given day I could shuffle the deck and draw a card or two. There are a lot of things in writing books that bug me--bits of advice I don't agree with. Condescending attitudes toward new & developing writers that annoy me. Ways of approaching things that, really, everyone else has already done a hundred times over. Instead, in "The Pocket Muse" you'll just find lots of fun, bushels of inspiration, and plenty of things to think about!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect kick in the pants,
By Starra (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing (Hardcover)
I write non-fiction, so it's nice to have a prompt book that isn't all about characters or plots.The visuals are thought provoking and the ideas are sometimes exactly what I need to make it to the page that day. Highly recommend.
4.0 out of 5 stars
for the creative muse,
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This review is from: Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing (Hardcover)
This is a great writing prompt. Basically this is an idea book and writing prompts to get writers started and get going in their writing. Between the prompts she also has pictures and written advice for writers, I really like this glossy pocket style book. Its great if you want to get creative and start out writing.
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