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The War of Art #Giveaway

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 10, 2015 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Edited to add: Congratulations Janel Gradowski for winning this drawing! For those of you who didn’t win, watch for more drawings this month! The Read Along of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield started with this announcement on January … Continue reading →

Posted in Giveaways, Writing | 9 Replies

The War of Art discussion, Part 1 #NewYearBooks

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 10, 2015 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

(Edited to add: here is Part 2 of our discussion). Welcome to the Read Along of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield! Today we’re discussing the introductory material and Book One. This is a slim book and we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Writing | 7 Replies

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield #ReadAlong #NewYearBooks

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 1, 2015 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Happy New Year! Are you setting New Year’s Resolutions or goals? Check out the New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge and choose a book or two to help you meet your goals. We’re doing a Read Along in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Events, Writing | 12 Replies

Book Review: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Joy's Book Blog Posted on February 2, 2014 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield Genre: Creativity advice Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment Publication date: 2002 Pages: 165 Source: Library Summary: A book about creativity, defining creative people very … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Writing | Tagged Steven Pressfield, The War of Art | 7 Replies

Resolved: Be a Better Writer — A Book List

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 2, 2014 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Events, Writing | Tagged 45 Master Characters, Blake Snyder, Christopher Vogler, John Vorhaus, Karl Iglesias, Lisa Cron, Save the Cat, The Comic Toolbox, The Writer's Journey, Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Wired for Story, Writing for Emotional Impact | 9 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 9, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote a Monday post. During that time, I completed my Live Like Julia project to celebrate the book Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo. Last week, I wrote a list of those posts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Writing | Tagged Amy Falls Down, Bitten, Blake Snyder, Clean, Cooked, David Sheff, Francine Prose, Gluttony, How Children Succeed, It's Monday!, Jincy Willett, Julia Child Rules, Karen Karbo, Kelley Armstrong, Mary Jo Putney, Michael Pollan, Paul Tough, Save the Cat, Sometimes a Rogue, The Writing Class, Thirteen | 4 Replies

Book Review: Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 5, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder Genre: Writing Book Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Publication date: 2005 Pages: 195 Source: Purchased at Borders, according to the price sticker Summary: Save the Cat! by Blake … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Writing | Tagged 45 Master Characters, Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey, Victoria Lynn Schmidt | 3 Replies

The Sunday Salon — my first

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 11, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I’ve decided I’d like to use The Sunday Salon as a way to post little bookish things that aren’t book reviews. I enjoy these posts so much on other people’s blogs. Unfortunately, this urge didn’t come with an idea of … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Writing | Tagged Amy Falls Down, Blake Snyder, Cooked, How to Write a Book Proposal, Jincy Willett, Julie Garwood, Michael Larsen, Michael Pollan, Save the Cat, Sunday Salon, Sweet Talk | 8 Replies

Book Review: 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 4, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt Genre: Writing book Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books Publication date: 2001 Pages: 298 Source: Purchased Summary: After explaining the notion of archetypes and why they are useful to writers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Writing | Tagged 45 Master Characters, Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey, Victoria Lynn Schmidt | 1 Reply

Writing Books

Joy's Book Blog Posted on July 21, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I mentioned on Wednesday (Book Review: The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler) that I own more writing books than any other genre but, in the past, have been lax about reading them cover to cover so I’ve only reviewed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Writing | 7 Replies

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