If You Want to Write
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland
Recommended by Guy Kawasaki and Kelly Carlin
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Best Books on Writing, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
In If You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland sets forth not just a philosophy about how to write or how to create, but also about how to live. Beginning writers will certainly be encouraged by Ueland's words, but even the most experienced have much to glean from Ueland's simple wisdom. Everybody, writes Ueland in the opening chapter, is talented, orig...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Best Books on Writing, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
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Kelly Carlin
“@nandemo_ii_ @screencrafting Love this book. | Perhaps my favorite book of all time. It was my guiding light when I first started writing. Obviously, the book is for writers, but if you substitute ?program,? ?market,? ?evangelize,? or ?start? for the word ?write,? you?ll see why its concepts are widely applicable. If you only buy one book from this list, make it this one. | Perhaps my favorite book of all time. It was my guiding light when I first started writing. Obviously, the book is for writers, but if you substitute ”program,“ ”market,“ ”evangelize,“ or ”start“ for the word ”write,“ you’ll see why its concepts are widely applicable. If you only buy one book from this list, make it this one.”
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