Review: Writer's Block: Vanquished!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2013
Right Away, the cover drew me in. I love the playfulness and quirky attitude of the author. I am definitely going to try the tarot card idea (even when I am NOT blocked). I appreciated all of the resources shared and have transferred them to my growing list and treasured cache of knowledge and help.Actually, I never thought of using pictures to trigger imagination in writing. I am an oral storyteller as well, and that is exactly how I tell my stories orally. A picture pops into my head and I just start talking about it. Pretty soon, one picture leads to another and "voila!" there is the story! So what a wonderful favor Nancy Hendrickson has done for me -- to connect the dots! I look forward to using this technique in the near future.Joe Bunting, in the author's interview, said that the way to break writer's block is to write, just write. I had a teacher many years ago who taught me to "babblewrite," which is slightly different in that it is merely stream of consciousness writing, but it works the same way as Joe was talking about. I think this is also similar to what the author was referring to as freestyle writing.This work is a must for any writer, whether you are blocked or not!