The Trendsetter

Whenever I look for books that help my business and now my writing, I always go for the ones that will inspire me and make me feel connected. Most of the books I chose and recommended here in my blog are the ones that were written straight from the author’s heart. This book is one of them. If you want to write is filled with genuine advice for new writers - like me. I listed the chapter titles below. As you notice, each is filled with inspiration and I guarantee it will motivate you to start writing and help you to continue to write.

I. Everybody is talented, original and has something important to say

II. Imagination is the Divine Body in every Man – William Blake

III. Why a Renaissance Nobleman wrote sonnets

IV. The imaginations walks slowly and quietly

V. Sooner strangle an infant in the cradle than nurse unacted desires – William Blake

VI. Know that there is often hidden in us a dormant poet, always young and alive- De Musset

VII. Be careless, reckless! Be a lion! Be a pirate! When you write

VIII. Why you are not to be discouraged, annihilated by rejection slips

IX. People confuse the human and the divine ego

X. Why women who do too much housework should neglect it for their writing

XI. Microscopic truthfulness

XII. Art is infection

XIII. The third dimension

XIV. Keep a slovenly, headlong, impulsive, honest diary

XV. You don not know what is in you – an inexhaustible fountain of ideas

XVI. On using the imagination

XVII. The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction – William Blake

XVIII. He whose face gives no light shall never become a star- Blake

As I stated in my previous blog on how I motivate myself to continue writing, I mentioned my secret exercise. Brenda Ueland in If you want to write indeed recommended this exercise in chapter four. Reading this book has given me a great inspiration and has encouraged me to keep on writing everyday.

If you need a great advice about writing, get this book. Borrow from the library. At first, I summarized the content of each chapter, but then it became too long and I decided that the title is already self-explanatory - but you need to read all chapters. This is an excellent book for any type of writing style. If you are writing for your blog this book will help you to break the writer’s block.

Below is one of my favorite quotes from the book:

Don’t be afraid of writing bad stories. To discover what is wrong with a story write two new ones and then go back to it.