She jump-starts the creative process with nearly 512 writing activities, exercises and suggestions, each one connected to one of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching.
The I Ching for Writers: Finding the Page Inside You
by Sarah Jane Sloane —
Sloane brings the ancient oracle system of the I Ching to stymied writers everywhere, offering creative suggestions and advice to help break through writers’ block.
She jump-starts the creative process with nearly 512 writing activities, exercises and suggestions, each one connected to one of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching.
Each hexagram’s interpretation is the author’s own, derived from years of study, as well as from comparisons of more than 50 translations of the I Ching.
In addition to this oracular advice, a clear introduction to the philosophy of the I Ching is presented.
Sloane also includes inspirational quotations, writing prompts, solutions to common writing problems and an exploration of the creative process developed from her expertise as a creative writing teacher.
She outlines the five stages of the writing process — brainstorming, planning, first draft, revision and polishing — and provides serious writers with 75 exercises to help with these stages.
$14.95 — New World Library, 14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 24, Number 4, August/September 2005.
September 24, 2015
August/September 2005, Book review, Creativity