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by Gail Sher (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Arkana (30 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140195874
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140195873
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 11.4 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 376,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This approach to the creative process of writing comes from a Zen Buddhist perspective. The classic Zen teachings help both novice and experienced writers to develop relaxed alertness, avoid distraction and develop a daily writing routine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The book that changed my writing life forever, 28 Feb 2009
I was given this book 5 years ago, one of many "writing self help books" which I read at the time. Its impact was profound and long lasting.

It is a cool, calm but confident approach to writing as a daily practice which transformed my sense of self from "someone who wanted to be a writer" to "someone who wrote"

What it demonstrated to me was that writing was a part of my whole identity, no more or less important than walking, drinking tea and eating bread. Writing is just part of the holistic ecology of a writer's life.

Sher's "Four Noble Truths for Writers" are

1. Writers write
2. Writing is a process
3. You don't know what your writing will be until the end of
that process
4. If writing is your practice, the only way to fail is not to
write.

Very few exercises.
No daily affirmations or collages with glitter.
No daily targets to meet.
No dogma on structure or genre or format.
No advice on publication.

Just - You write.
Or not write.

And within hours of finishing the book I had started a daily writing practice which has continued more or less unbroken ever since.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Guide to Being a Writer, 25 Sep 2008
While I love writing and I love Zen I found this book particularly pointless and also very much in line with the "Women's Magazines" way of coaching their readers into doing new things, (in this case to write).

As such, the book proceeds at a very even pace exploring the different feelings and connotations connected with the live of a writer but no *real* content on *how* to actually be Zen about writing. - This emphasis on thoughts and emotions is actually very un-Zen!

I am really looking forward to the day that a good book about the Zen of writing comes out, but unfortunately it has not happened yet.
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