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    The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear
    The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear
    The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear
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    The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear

    Written by Anne Janzer

    Narrated by Anne Janzer

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    Want to be a better writer? Improve your process.

    Do you fear the blank page? Do you generate swarms of ideas but never publish anything?

    When you learn to work with your brain instead of against it, you’ll get more done and have more fun. 

    Master the Inner Game of Writing

    The Writer’s Process combines proven practices of successful authors with cognitive science research about how our minds work.

    You'll learn:

    • How to invite creativity and flow into your writing process
    • Why separating writing into different steps makes you more productive
    • How to overcome writer's block, negative feedback, and distractions
    • How to make time for writing in a busy, interrupt-driven life

    Buy it now and find out why so many reviewers say that they wish they'd read it earlier!

    The Writer's Process is a 2017 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal award winner and a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Silver Medal winner.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCuesta Park Consulting
    Release dateNov 1, 2016
    ISBN9781952284007

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    • 4/5
      Definitely will reread in the future. It has a lot really good points and thoughts.
    • 5/5
      I’ve been dreaming of finding a book like this for years. I am bipolar and my main issue is hypomania. I love the creativity it gives me, but I hate the inability I have to get organised and create structure. This book has changed that. I’ve barely started using the techniques the author provides and it has already made a huge difference. It really is a book written from the heart by someone who had the desire to contribute something of true value.
    • 5/5
      Really awesome book! I enjoyed all of the tips and notes about the writing process. Since part of my process is to read or listen to other writers talk about writing.
    • 5/5
      Janzer provides an insider’s view of the inner battle between natural adversaries – the creative versus the disciplined sides of any writer – and offers help on reconciling them to achieve writing success. Her concise prose, precision word choice, and effective use of clever metaphors throughout her book bring clarity to the abstract and a pleasurable reading experience. The Writer’s Process delivers an interesting slant on the craft of writing to aspiring and experienced authors alike.
    • 4/5
      The Writer's Process more validation than revelationI came to this book, The Writer's Process, Getting Your Brain in Gear, with extreme prejudice. I find it hard to believe creativity can be taught. After reading Anne Janzer's book I still feel that way, but she's made me believe that creativity can be nurtured and maybe even enhanced.Janzer's approach is scientific and it's backed by experts in the field of psychology and cognitive study. But understanding the mental process doesn't tell us how to activate it. What the author sets about to do is "label groups of mental processes that we can activate when needed." The book is divided into three parts. The first part, The Inner Gears describes how the brain works using the term Scribe for areas of focus, discipline and writing craft. Processes like intuition, creativity and empathy are the domain of The Muse.The second part, The Process, Start to Finish, sets forth and elaborates on the seven steps of the writing process beginning with research and ending with publication. The chapter on Revision in itself is worth the price of the book.Part three, Writers in the World, has some practical advice on how to address problems all writers face including finding time to write, dealing with criticism, and working through writer's block.If you're a creative person, specifically a writer, you're likely incorporating many of the suggestions Janzer puts forth in The Writer's Process. If that's the case this book will not be so much revelation as a validation.And what's wrong with that?