Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You |
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| Title: | Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You |
| Author: | Ray Bradbury |
| Publisher: | Bantam |
| Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 01 April, 1992 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0553296345 / 9780553296341 |
| List Price: | $7.99 |
| Amazon Price: | $7.99 |
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Product Description
"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces back together. Now, it's your turn. Jump!" Zest. Gusto. Curiosity. These are the qualities every writer must have, as well as a spirit of adventure. In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing. Here are practical tips on the art of writing from a master of the craft-everything from finding original ideas to developing your own voice and style-as well as the inside story of Bradbury's own remarkable career as a prolific author of novels, stories, poems, films, and plays. Zen In The Art Of Writing is more than just a how-to manual for the would-be writer: it is a celebration of the act of writing itself that will delight, impassion, and inspire the writer in you. In it, Bradbury encourages us to follow the unique path of our instincts and enthusiasms to the place where our inner genius dwells, and he shows that success as a writer depends on how well you know one subject: your own life.
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Customer Reviews:
• Zen Used Artfully And Art Used Zenfully
20 January, 2010
I discovered this book on my way out of the library and had to stop. I am glad I did. What a collection of essays! An essay on writing his version of the dime novel - writing at the UCLA library and putting a dime in the meter giving him time to write. An essay on how children introduced the science fiction genre to teachers. An essay on how a child of ten kept his intuitive side and let it make all the decisions for him. Another essay he discusses how seeing a battered wreck of a ship washed up on the shore gave him inspiration to write one of his greatest short stories. This is a book, not just to inspire writers, but anyone to do whatever they desire. I have been a Bradbury fan since I was eight and I have to admit this is one of my all-time favorites.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Zen In The Art Of Writing: Release The Creative Genius Within You
01 December, 2009
I strongly recommend this little volume to any and all who write for the sake of the craft. Mr. Bradbury has been successful in expressing in words some of the thoughts and feelings that I wasn't able to say out loud to myself.
It's very much like feeling one might have being in a foreign country and running into someone from your homeland.
Thank you Mr. Bradbury for this and all the rest of your master works,
John Spangler
- Amazon Customer Review
• An Exceptional Guide That Teaches The Basics Of The Creative Writing Process.
11 March, 2010
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Review by Richard L. Weaver II, PhD.
Ray Bradbury's Zen in the Art of Writing is a collection of ten essays and eight poems from his past writings that illustrate his views on what a writer should do and be. His views on the psychology, philosophy, and purpose of writing are still relevant, captivating, and enlightening. In reading Stephen King's On Writing along with this one, you will discover both appeal to the intuitive writer and not to the methodical one, and you quickly discover the love both authors have for their readers and their craft. What I found most impressive in this work is how Bradbury inspires. You quickly discover his passion for writing just as, by example, he makes the point that passion is, indeed, the key ingredient to success in the field. Excellence in writing
springs from the subconscious, or the muse, as Bradbury explains it. Thus, for writers to be successful, they must find their muse, feed it, and keep it active. In this short book (150 pages), you get a peek into his publishing life, his methods for inspiration and developing stories, and relish in his enthusiasm and love of words. As one reviewer said, "It cuts through the tedious, mind-numbing, literary algorithms of writing seminars and classes." This is an exceptional guide that teaches the basics of the creative writing process.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Zen In The Art Of Writing By Ray Bradbury
04 June, 2009
As a writer of non-fiction myself, I have recently rediscovered Bradbury. I read his science fiction before I ever started writing (forty-some years ago!)and I am delighted to be led to him again by my Fiction Writing teacher, Marshall Cook, who recommended this book. It is not only informative but also a great inspiration and aid to beginning writers as well as experienced ones. Reading this book sent me back to Amazon for MORE BRADURY!
Elizabeth M. King
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• Feed Your Muse
29 August, 2009
I know Ray Bradbury from reading his novels, notably The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury has written much more. Short stories, plays, screenplays, poems - Bradbury's contributions have spanned the spectrum of writing genres. This book was written in 1990, when he was seventy years old. He was already a legend, revered for his books, short stories and television shows. In this book, Bradbury reflects on his career, and attempts to answer questions about his inspiration for writing. Here is a creative genius, offering trail markers for those who would follow his path.
The book is composed of a series of short essays, some almost prose poems suggesting different aspects of how his muse works. The last chapter is a set of poems on the theme of encouraging creativity to emerge from within yourself. All of the writing in this book is aimed at encouraging the reader to follow his or her heart, to release the creativity within, and follow your dreams. He talks about having the courage to follow your inner calling, to know yourself, to draw on your personal history, to admit your failings, and take up the challenge of working through difficulties to reveal the truth that may be known only to you
At times the writing becomes almost ephemeral, as he talks about contacting the inner self, knowing your subconscious, and feeding the muse. As I said, there is a feeling of the prose-poem in some of the essays. Overall, the book is inspiring. I confess that I love Bradbury's work. I could be biased, but I give this book five out of five stars.
- Amazon Customer Review
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