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Title: Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity: Expanded by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1-877741-09-4 Publisher: Joshua Odell Editions Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: spirited and worthwhile
Comment: The thinking person's alternative to any self-help writing book by other well-known authors.
Ray Bradbury is eminently qualified to spin such a work and he does so elegantly and thoroughly.
The inherent spirit of writing is captured nicely in these pages!
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiring
Comment: Ray Bradbury takes you on mind journeys into his past, and perhaps into your future. He treads on the edge of reality, sneaking glances over the precipice, knowing that to jump means to fly.
I bought this book in Miami Beach. I picked it from among other writing-related books when I opened it and saw a chapter entitled "Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle."
This book is not about writing mechanics or technique. It forces you to face two absolute requirements for being a writer:
(1) You must love to write and do it every day, and
(2) You must use your own voice.
According to the author, the desire for fame, money, or literary elitism is as useless as a computer without software. (I would suggest that it's more like a program without a computer. Whatever.)
The last chapter, and the concluding poems, are inspiring. Mr. Bradbury knows that writers despise untruths. I finished his book in two evenings. When I put it down I said, "Yeah." Next morning I would be up dark and early. Writing is hard. Everything else is harder.
Rating: 5
Summary: No Writer Should Be Without It
Comment: If you've ever wondered, "Why aren't people more passionate about their work?" then you've never read 'Zen in the Art of Writing.' Whether or not you happen to like Ray Bradbury's work, you can't dispute his passion for writing, which is evident from page one.
Bradbury (who turns 82 this year) is a writer of enormous output. In this series of essays, the author lets us in on many of his secrets, but the bottom line is this: If you love what you do, and are excited about it, nothing can stop you. Much of Bradbury's writing is connected with his childhood experiences and memories, which allows him to jump into writing like a kid jumping into a swimming pool on a hot summer day. Bradbury recounts many of his writing experiences and influences in the book and they are all fascinating. I can't imagine any writer (or lover of stories) who would not enjoy this book. It can be read in an afternoon, but savored for a lifetime. Thank you, Mr. Bradbury, for a real treasure.
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Title: Telling Lies-Fun & P by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0688132286 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 25 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: On Writing by Stephen King ISBN: 0743455967 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: If You Want to Write : A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland ISBN: 1555972608 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Nancy Kress ISBN: 0898799058 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande, John Gardner ISBN: 0874771641 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: March, 1981 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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