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Kicking In the Wall: A Year of Writing Exercises, Prompts, and Quotes to Help You Break Through Your Blocks and Reach Your Writing Goals
Kicking In the Wall A Year of Writing Exercises Prompts and Quotes to Help You Break Through Your Blocks and Reach Your Writing Goals Author:Barbara Abercrombie Musician and memoirist Patti Smith says, “I would go as far as I could and hit a wall,? until playwright and actor Sam Shepard advised: “When you hit a wall, just kick it in.? Abercrombie?s playful, powerful method shows how. Like a workout with a top trainer, her exercises warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle. Quotes from famous writers... more » inspire each day?s exercise. Though Abercrombie says readers need only commit to five minutes at the exercise, she writes, “I?ve seen novels, memoirs, and many essays get started? in those five minutes, “and a lot ended up being published.? Ideal — maybe even essential — fuel for writers trying to get off the starting block, persevere through challenges, and cross their personal creativity finish lines.« less