Room to Write
by Bonni Goldberg 
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What makes someone a writer? A writer writes, expressing the world through synthesis of mind and magic, sensuality and spirit. With both humor and reverence, Room to Write playfully prevails on us to experience the world through a writer's eyes, and respond to the creative sparks that charge good writing. In two hundred daily essays, the author invites the reader--whether an experienced writer or someone just starting out--into the crucibles from which creative writing erupts: emotion, show more imagination, intellect, and soul. Once there, she urges the reader to grab a pen, grasp a keyboard, and seize the moment when perception fires revelation and language becomes art. Each page features an essay exploring an aspect of the writing process, an exercise to get the reader writing, and a quotation to tickle the mind and keep the writing going. Ultimately, readers learn about how they write, and how to trust their intuition. Room to Write is a collection of beguiling provocations, an irresistible invitation to all those who believe that writing, like any creative endeavor, is a way of life. show lessTags
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I love the prompts: not too restrictive, either for genre or style; lovely layout with nice font (it's always nice to have a pretty book, less distracting); nothing too long or tract-like. Just simple, inspiring ideas when you don't know where to start.
This book is great. It works really well for writers on those days when they want to write but have no idea how to get started or don't feel like working on a project. It's also a fabulous resource for secondary teachers of writing.
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Bonni Goldberg is an award-winning poet and writer. She has taught creative writing at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore, and leads creative writing workshops across the country. She lives in Portland, Oregon
Bonni Goldberg is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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