- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: NEW WORLD LIBRARY (Oct 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1577311000
- ISBN-13: 978-1577311003
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 18.5 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #566,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Musicians practice. Athletes practice. And so, too, argues Judy Reeves, should writers practice. Her Writer's Book of Days provides a "writing prompt" for each day of the year, and then some: "Write about a time someone said yes"; "Write about leaving"; "Something seemed different." The more you practice, says Reeves, the more you write. And writing from a prompt, she adds, is like having "someone provid[e] the music when you want to dance." The prompts are the backbone of this book, but its pages are fleshed out with advice, inspiration, quotations from writers, encouragement, and a profusion of literary tidbits. Write from the sense, Reeves recommends. Audition words. Take risks. And when all else fails, amuse yourself with these astonishing tidbits from literary lives: T.S. Eliot, we learn, preferred writing with a head cold; Flaubert kept his lover's slippers and mittens in his desk drawer; and Friedrich von Schiller liked to invoke his muse by sniffing rotten apples. --Jane Steinberg
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Practice makes perfect, and this book makes practice easy by providing writers and would-be writers with stimulating topics, helpful instruction, monthly guidelines, dozens of inspiring quotes, writerly lore, and tips for special writing sessions such as marathons, caf writing, and other ways to make the work of writing more creative and fun.
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A Writer's Book of Days,
By Tami Brady "Whole Health" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Writer's Book Of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life (Paperback)
If you want to be a writer, you have to write. You can't just think about writing or dream that someday you may put words down on paper. You also can't expect that you'll sit down and in three weeks you'll have the next great American novel. No, you have to write.A Writer's Book of Days looks to create a writing habit. Writing needs to be done everyday, a regular writing appointment so to speak. Pen to paper. Write to write, not necessarily working on one particular piece but writing whatever happens to be on your mind, without editing or judgements. In the process, you will learn about how you write, your writing style, and what you have to say to the world. A Writer's Book of Days is a wonderful resource for those dreaming of becoming a writer. It gives them a place to start and encourages them to practice and play with words. I think it also teaches them the important lesson that good writing comes in cycles and spurts.
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Your Writing Days Will Fly!,
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This review is from: A Writer's Book Of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life (Paperback)
Judy Reeves has written a brilliant and inspiring book filled with writing prompts, suggestions and exercises which should be a part of every writer's desk set.This book is filled with a year's worth of writing material. Each month begins with a guideline like, "Keep Writing," and, "Kiss Your Frogs," then offers daily writing topics, tips and suggestions for meeting the life of a writer. Reeves writes each chapter with inspirational eagerness making those days of writers block seem like history. Her directions are easy to follow, her ideas are fun and inventive and her tips make good sense. A must have for every serious writer!
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Inspiring, Motivating, Wonderfully Entertaining,
By Lori L. Lake "Author of Like Lovers Do, Buyer... (Portland, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Writer's Book Of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life (Paperback)
Whether you are a novice writer or an experienced author, a blocked writer or one whose words are flowing, there is something in this book for you. The structure Reeves employs is useful: for each day of the year there is a writing "prompt" to jump-start one's writing ("Write about someone who sinned." "You are in a motel room..." "This is what she said."). For each of the twelve months, there is a series of essays about scores of topics, including tools for writing practice, writing from the senses, dancing with your shadows, telling secrets, the writing life, honoring yourself as a writer, imagination, and much, much more. And Reeves has packed the book full of inspiring quotes from famous writers, unusual facts about authors, and tactics to use to keep on writing and for improving one's craft.Whether you use this book on a daily basis or as a periodic stepping-off point, there will be something in it to inspire and motivate. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to try new ideas and to grow as a writer. ~Lori L. Lake, author of Stepping Out, Different Dress, Gun Shy, Under The Gun, and Ricochet In Time, and reviewer for Midwest Book Review, Golden Crown Literary Society's The Crown, The Independent Gay Writer, The Gay Read, and Just About Write.
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