The Right to Write An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

by Cameron, Julia

• ISBN13: 9781585420094
• ISBN10: 1585420093
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-27
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

What if everything we have been taught about learning to write was wrong? In The Right to Write, Julia Cameron's most revolutionary book, the author asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a false doctrine that stifles creativity. With the techniques and anecdotes in The Right to Write, readers learn to make writing a natural, intensely personal part of life. Cameron's instruction and examples include the details of the writing processes she uses to create her own bestselling books. She makes writing a playful and realistic as well as a reflective event. Anyone jumping into the writing life for the first time and those already living it will discover the art of writing is never the same after reading The Right to Write.

Author Biography

Julia Cameron is the author of seventeen books, fiction and nonfiction, many plays and movies. She happily lives again in the high desert of New Mexico where she busies herself with musicals, movies, poetry, horses, and dogs. No longer a public teacher, she taught extensively for two decades in venues ranging from London to Los Angeles, from Esalen to the New York Times. Her work on creativity features the bestselling books The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, and The Right to Write.

Table of Contents

Introduction

BEGIN: Invitation–Initiation
LET YOURSELF WRITE: Invitation–Initiation
LET YOURSELF LISTEN: Invitation–Initiation
THE TIME LIE: Invitation–Initiation
TRACK: Invitation–Initiation
BAD WRITING: Invitation–Initiation
THIS WRITING LIFE: Invitation–Initiation
MOOD: Invitation–Initiation
DRAMA: Invitation–Initiation
THE WALL OF INFAMY: Invitation–Initiation
VALUING OUR EXPERIENCE: Invitation–Initiation
SPECIFICITY: Invitation–Initiation
BODY OF EXPERIENCE: Invitation–Initiation
THE WELL: Invitation–Initiation
SKETCHING: Invitation–Initiation
LONELINESS: Invitation–Initiation
WITNESS: Invitation–Initiation
WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?: Invitation–Initiation
CONNECTION: Invitation–Initiation
BEING AN OPEN CHANNEL: Invitation–Initiation
INTEGRATING: Invitation–Initiation
CREDIBILITY: Invitation–Initiation
PLACE: Invitation–Initiation
HAPPINESS: Invitation–Initiation
MAKING IT: Invitation–Initiation
HONESTY: Invitation–Initiation
VULNERABILITY: Invitation–Initiation
DAILINESS: Invitation–Initiation
VOICE: Invitation–Initiation
FORM VERSUS FORMULA: Invitation–Initiation
FOOTWORK: Invitation–Initiation
PRACTICE: Invitation–Initiation
CONTAINMENT: Invitation–Initiation
SOUND: Invitation–Initiation
I WOULD LOVE TO WRITE, BUT... : Invitation–Initiation
DRIVING: Invitation–Initiation
ROOTS: Invitation–Initiation
ESP: Invitation–Initiation
CHEAP TRICKS: Invitation–Initiation
STAKES: Invitation–Initiation
PROCRASTINATION: Invitation–Initiation
INTO THE WATER: Invitation–Initiation
THE RIGHT TO WRITE: Invitation–Initiation

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