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Date:         Sun, 22 Aug 1993 18:00:03 JST
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From:         Mike Barker <barker@AEGIS.OR.JP>
Subject:      Release That Writer's Muse - Book Reference

(for anyone who may be having trouble freeing yourself to write)

You might be interested in "Becoming A Writer" by Dorothea Brande.  Book
of the Month Club has it in their Writers 3-in-1 selection (which turns
out to be one book - I thought it was three - containing three older
ones), but the imprint is Quality Paperback Book Club, so you may be
able to get it other ways.

Interesting - it is basically a challenge to the notion that writers are
born, not made, with a psychologically oriented set of exercises to
unlock your unconscious (and eventually your genius).  One of the few
books I've seen that tries to teach you a mental process to support
writing (or other creative arts).  Might be considered a forerunner to
the books on drawing (pun intentional) from the right side of the brain.

Recommended.

tink