WRITE FOR LIFE: A TOOLKIT FOR WRITERS Paperback – 5 January 2023

I’ve only read the sample of this book and I am hooked. It is a good primer to help you tap or re-tap into your creativity. Carve out your time - focus and then follow through. Looking forward to reading the rest of this book. Julia’s books help unlock that block.

Inhaltlich bin ich mit dem Buch zufrieden. Ich kaufe oft gebrauchte Bücher, habe mich hier jedoch bewusst für ein neues entschieden. Enttäusche war ich darüber, dass der Einband/Vorderseite des Covers verschmiert war und sich dies auch nicht entfernen ließ. Sehr schade. Gerade wegen der Haptik kauft man doch Bücher!

This book is a complete tonic for writers. It helped me through a very difficult patch following the death of my mother and helped me to rediscover my creativity, after fearing it was lost. Therapy in a book, gentle, supportive and just right to nurture the soul, spirit and creativity. Can’t rate highly enough, so thank you Julia Cameron x

Disclaimer: I haven’t opened the book yet (but also not interested in deliberately tanking a rating) - for this review I don’t need to open it. I’d had the two other matching books on my “to buy” list for awhile now and when I saw this would be released, that was the push I needed. The consistency in the design, size and format is always something I greatly appreciate. EXCEPT… the two other books have a matte toothy finish, very pleasant, but this new release is a smooth glossy. A bit of a let down when I was excited for the “set.”

I have used Julia Cameron's other books to advantage and thought that this would have something new to add but it doesn't. If you've worked through The Artists Way and the accompanying wokbook, The Morning Pages and The Vein of Gold you won't find much that is new. I also disagree with the advice which is to hold back, limit yourself to two pages of your writing project per day. I find that when an idea strikes I want to write, want it all down on paper before I forget, want to let the words run away with me and take me to places I hadn't thought of. I can literaaally write for hours so why limit myself to two pages? I think this is counterproductive. The book is very generously laid out - wide margins and blank spaces. The whole thing could have been pressented, to advantage, in a smaller, easier to handle and more portable format. I can't find words to describe the section on rhyming which gives examples of some really trite little verses which surely wouldn't have beeen printed anywhere else.