Zen in the Art of Writing | 
pickGreat book! Bradbury discusses his writing processes, inspirations, and gives advice for aspiring writers. It is also part-memoir as he talks about how/why he became a writer and his early struggles.
Just… don‘t use the inflation calculator when he talks about how much he was paid for his first books. 😩
Me, trying to keep a writing schedule going after my creative writing class ended at the beginning of December 😭
I hadn't written in years and this short class was the kick I needed to be motivated and inspired... and I haven't written a word since the final class 😒 hoping it's just the holiday chaos and I'll find my way back to the page again in 2022 🤞
“Look at yourself then. Consider everything you have fed yourself over the years. Was it a banquet or a starvation diet? Who are your friends? Do they believe in you? Or do they stunt your growth with ridicule and disbelief? If the latter, you haven't friends. Go find some.”
“It is in the totality of experience reckoned with, filed, and forgotten, that each man is truly different from all others in the world.”
“Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles you don‘t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in #prime condition.” #QuotsyMar21
pickThis was AMAZING 😉❣️ RB discusses his inspirations, word associations, characters, and processes.
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
pickCurrent view from my desk—I need to focus!🤣😂💜
so-soHad high hopes from this book, a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury on the art of writing. Some of the essays were great, others so-so. I think someone who enjoys Bradbury‘s short stories and novels would find the more enjoyable. #LitsyAtoZ Z for Zen in the Art of Writing
I love you Mr. Bradbury ☕️ 📖
“So, simply then, here is my formula. What do you want more than anything else in the world? What do you love, or what do you hate?”
I can‘t recommend this joyful book of essays enough. It‘s truly gorgeous and inspiring. #writing #onwriting #raybradbury
Book: Zen in the Art of Writing
Author: Zoe Winters
Movie: Zodiac—I‘m sure I would enjoy it if I were to watch it!
Food: zero waste sourdough pancakes
Thanks @JoScho !! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
#manicmonday #letterz
pickI really liked this little writing guide. I enjoyed Bradbury's descriptions of his own methods, where his ideas for his stories came from, his hometown, etc. He has an engaging, energetic way of description that sucked me in immediately. I want to read more of his short stories now.
pickI think it‘s time to admit to myself that I‘m not going to complete all my reading challenges this year.😢 I‘m 2 books short and don‘t think I‘ll have the time to get through. I completed and surpassed my #mounttbr goal and Goodreads challenge. One shy for #readharder2018 and one for #LitsyAtoZ. I think next year I‘ll take a year off aside from Goodreads. Part of what got me behind was wanting to read outside of my challenge lists. #lennox
So far, I‘ve gotten a little over an hour of reading done with The Andy Warhol Diaries. Now I‘m going to work on finishing up this book of essays I started a couple weeks ago. #24B42019
In a reading slump: life, too many books w/ too many deadlines and audiobooks aren‘t working, usually something I can hang with, regardless.
Visiting Gramma & I‘m struggling with #NaNoWrimo at the mo. Some days I can meet the word goal but I don‘t know my character and I think that‘s holding me back. So I am forging ahead in the dark until I get some insight. It might be time to get out my favorite writing cheerleader book. Write words everyday...
#QuotsyNov18 Day 5: #Plot as Runaway Footprints. Only Bradbury can phrase it in this manner.
pickSpanning decades, this is a collection of Bradbury's odds and ends on the topics of creativity and writing. The writer's-life philosophies he preaches, they're not anything new, this having been published in the 90s, but I do feel, because of Bradbury's way with words, the lessons got a little deeper under my skin. His journey is inspiring, and I'm more determined than ever to pick up Farenheit 451 as well as a couple of his fiction anthologies.
"Time enough to think and cut and rewrite tomorrow. But today—explode—fly away—disintegrate! The other six or seven drafts are going to be pure torture. So why not enjoy the first draft..."
"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."
Misha was as curious about this book as I was, so we ordered it! I get first dibs.
pickBradbury‘s exuberance and eccentricity are displayed on the page for all to see. His writing is masterful and speaks to readers in a clear and welcoming way. His advice is solid and will be something I revisit again in the future.
I‘ve been trying to get back to writing, so maybe this will inspire me somehow.
I‘ve managed the first ten days of my December Writing Challenge! I love how few of the titles look like horror when actually almost all of them are...haha. #TakeThat2017
Down to letter "X" for #litsyatoz challenge. I really don't want to read Klosterman right now even though that would solve my problem. Any other suggestions for books starting with "X"? #booksuggestions
panMeh. I was bored.
I know I am committing a sacrilege by saying that this book was boring. The book is a collection of essays on the craft of writing Bradbury wrote over the years for various publications. Bradbury comes off self-aggrandizing and pretentious. The most interesting part of the book were his inspirations for his greater known work. Don't get me wrong, I like Bradbury but just not this book.
pickI‘m a Bradbury fangirl, late to the party. This group of essays talks about writing as a career, both to chronicle and inspire. I loved it!
Full review at www.TheBibliophage.com
I mentioned that Mr. B and I got new tattoos on Tuesday - my fourth, his first. It was an emotional choice, even though they aren't very big. Mine's on my forearm. His is on his upper arm at his shoulder. They're in memory of our beautiful granddaughter who passed away two years ago. Thanks to those of you who asked about them! The blog post has more of my thoughts.
http://thebibliophage.com/reading-writing-expressions-life-lessons-learned-grief...
Here is my list! It was so hard to narrow it down! #10authorrecommendations
pickI read these two amazing books last week, because I had been feeling so stuck with my writing. They are so fantastic and helped me tremendously!
so-soThis was a mixed bag for me... on the one hand Bradbury is a powerful writer and I didn't really notice it back when I read Fahrenheit 451. On the other hand, this collection left me pretty unmoved... I assume it just didn't click with me because I am not a writer.
pickBradbury on writing and being a writer. I wish it wasn't so darn late. He's made me feel I can do it-that I HAVE to do it-and I want to sit down now and pound out my thousand words. A little typically heavy-handed Bradburyan, he still made me feel like he was talking to and caring about ME.
pickI love how passionately Bradbury writes about his love for writing. You can tell that for him writing was life. His passion is inspiring. I'm not a writer but this book sure makes me wish I was.
Made a little progress today for the #readathon Alternated between reading these two books. Zen in the Art of Writing-I love reading about how people work and Bradbury's writing process is interesting. What is not yours is not yours-a little over halfway with this one. Think I'm getting the characters mixed up but I'm really enjoying the stories, especially "is your blood as red as this?" #24in48 #litsybookclub
pickLoved this book. LOVED IT. Bradbury is my literary father. His tone was playful & encouraging rather than judgmental, which I've found in other “writers writing about writing“ type books. Full review here: https://wp.me/p9KtkP-kc #amreading #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #booknerdigans #bookblogger #tsundoku #greatreads #readmorebooks #coolgirlsread
"So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all." —Ray Bradbury.
Pretty pleased to get this book as a Kindle deal today. Read the 1st essay & then went to the desk for the first time in a while to write some (very rough!) fiction. Whew. Trying to channel Ray B's faith in the often uncertain process of just getting the words down & trusting what comes.
I find this to be very sage advice. Reading about Bradbury's writing techniques is very interesting.
pickThis was an awesome writing pep talk. I love Bradbury!
Not a quote so much as an essay title, but I love this book!
