Today I’m reading The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux. I like it a lot. I really haven’t read many books on writing, but (contrary to a lot of readers & writers) I enjoy much of what I read in this genre. “Every good poem…
Tag: The Artist’s Way
Recovering a Sense of Integrity
I’m entering my 4th week on The Artist’s Way. The introductory essay to this week is called “Recovering a Sense of Integrity”. In order to have self-expression, we must first have a self to express. It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? But even so it might be rather difficult; to find one’s own voice, to listen…
Morning Pages
In The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron advice her readers to start writing Morning Pages. Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the morning – every morning. Here is what Cameron says: There is no better way to open a writing voice than to write regularly & repetitively. The first page and…
What do you think?
Dear widely read friends – have any of you ever read Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott and/or The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron I have jut started both, and would love to hear your thoughts & opinions
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