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Book Review: Zen and the Art of Writing
Posted on January 17th, 2010 5 commentsBook Review for Zen and the Art of Writing
By Ray Bradbury
Broken into essays on writing that spans over 19 years, this book is a gem of inspiration and passion. You can tell Bradbury loved to write. Truly. As in, leave a rip-roaring time to hurry home and put a story to paper. Zen and the Art of Writing covers subjects from feeding and keeping a muse, finding inspiration, using life in your stories, how the brain stores things for later, and of course, never giving up. The man gathered an impression rejection pile in his time. If you are looking for a little inspiration, the first few essays in this book are sure to do the trick.
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Bradbury has been popping up all over lately. Farenheit 451 is one of my all time faves. In fact, it must be time to reread it soon! I’ve got to pick this up one of these days
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I read Bradbury as a teen, but I can’t recall much of the plots, only that he built all sorts of other worlds for the mind to explore. I don’t think I ever got as far as any of his novels–just short stories. I found the first half of this book more inspiring than the last half, but it’s all good if your head is in the right place.
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Jean, pop over to my blog when you have time. (You’re in my latest story!)
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TK: Uh, oh! A good story, I hope!
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Aw, I’m glad Bradbury and I could help out.
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Jemi Fraser January 17th, 2010 at 17:40