Book description
Shows all writers how effective writing can be as natural as telling a story to a friend, and as easy as daydreaming.
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1 author picked Writing the Natural Way as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Writing professor Gabriele Rico knows how to take the fear out of writing, which is why this book became such a powerful best-seller and why I love to read and recommend it. Among the many strategies and techniques she offers in Writing the Natural Way, one of my favorites is her brainstorming strategy called clustering, which gives us permission to wander and bypass the critical censorship we are often hindered by. In turn, this fuels creativity and prompts us to make associations among ideas, memories, and feelings that are otherwise seemingly diverse or disorganized. She also firmly believes…
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