Kicking In the Wall : A Year of Writing Exercises, Prompts, and Quotes to Help You Break Through Your Blocks and Reach Your Writing Goals

When Patti Smith was plagued with writer{u2019}s block {u2014} ?scattered and stymied, surrounded by unfinished songs and abandoned poems? {u2014} playwright Sam Shepard advised her, ?When you hit a wall, just kick it in.? In these pages, Abercrombie shows readers how to do just that. Like a workout with a top trainer, her writing exercises warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle. Quotes from famous writers inspire each day{u2019}s exercise. Though Abercrombie says readers need only commit five minutes to each exercise, she writes, ?I{u2019}ve seen novels, memoirs, and many essays get started? in those five minutes, ?and a lot ended up being published.? Her playful, powerful method is ideal {u2014} maybe even essential {u2014} fuel for writers trying to get off the starting block, persevere through challenges, and cross their personal creativity finish lines I would go as far as I could and hit a wall, said musician and memoirist Patti Smith. In response, playwright Sam Shepard advised, When you hit a wall, just kick it in. Writing teacher Barbara Abercrombies powerful writing prompts give us just the push we need to do it. Like a workout with a top trainer, her exercises warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle. Kicking In the Wall includes quotes from famous writers to accompany the exercises, as well as real-world examples of completed exercises by the authors students in the UCLA Extension Writers Program. Though Abercrombie says readers need only commit to five minutes per exercise, she writes, Ive seen novels, memoirs, and many essays get started in those five minutes, and a lot ended up being published. Her playful method is essential fuel for writers trying to get off the starting block, persevere through challenges, and cross their personal creativity finish lines. "Barbara Abercrombie, an author and creative writing instructor at UCLA Extension, offers 365 days' worth of guidance for writers seeking to warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle"--Provided by publisher In these pages, Barbara Abercrombie shows readers how to "kick in the wall." Like a workout with a top trainer, her writing exercises warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle