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This book so speaks to the contemporary writer that it is nearly impossible to believe that it was originally published in 1938. In If You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland sets forth not just a philosophy about how to write or how to create, but also about how to live. Beginning writers will certainly be encouraged by Ueland's words, but even the most experienced have much to glean from Ueland's simple wisdom. "Everybody," writes Ueland in the opening chapter, "is talented, original, and has something important to say." Finding that something important involves embracing creative idleness ("the imagination needs moodling--long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering"), freeing "what we really think, from what we think we ought to think," and "thumb[ing] your nose at all know-it-alls, jeerers, critics, doubters." One must think, she says, "of telling a story, not of writing it." And when revising one's writing, she advises, "do not try to think of better words, more gripping words.... It is not yet deeply enough imagined." Finally, "whenever you find yourself writing a single word or phrase or page dutifully and with boredom, then leave it out.... If what you write bores you, it will bore other people." And just because If You Want to Write is passionate, sincere, and even spiritual, do not think it is not also witty. One footnote bluntly declaims, "No doubt my terms would horrify a psychologist but I do not care at all." Elsewhere Ueland titles a chapter "Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It for Their Writing." Amen, sister!
From Publishers Weekly
Ueland argues that anyone can write well once the imagination is freed from self-consciousness, anxiety and fear of failure. This is a fresh and vivid approach to creative endeavors.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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詰まり、米国内の州立大学でＭＢＡ取れる位の
文章力がフツーの英米人でも身に付きマース
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英米人はフツーは英語の文章書くのがじょずだしー
オレもあんなふーに書きてーなー、つーくらい
上手な英文書けりゃーそりゃもう日本の大学入試英語らべる
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本書の英文読んで理解しなくちゃ、英作文練習帖と
して、課題テーマ的に何をどー書けば判らんので
結局、長文読解の練習にも「結果的に」為っちゃうのだ。
夏休みに一冊読んでみて、あと英文日記付けるみたく
残り半年ほど書き続けてみては、どすか。
・・
補足事項として付け加えさして頂く。
どちらかとゆーと「・・について１００語程度で
書け」ツー感じの自由英作文論述式にはスゲー役立つ本だが、
和文英訳で説明的な日本語の文章をかなり、機械的に
トランスレーションする場合は、特定の英単語を覚えておく必要がある。
それでも１５年以上昔、京大入試などで極めて良く出題された
様な、日常生活エセー型の「日本語文」を「英文」に
トランスレートさせる様な和文英訳問題が出題されたりすっと
これまた、スッゲー役に立つ本。・・何かこの辺は
英語長文読解と「逆」みたいだ。詰まり、論説評論の説明的な
英語長文が出題された場合は、そのテーマの内容を日本語で仕込んで
置けば、ラクショーで英文読解が出来るのに
文学的エセーの英語長文とか出題されると、受験生の側が
ゼロから読解しなくちゃならないので「ミョーに大変」と
ゆー状況と正反対なのが「記述論述英作文」のとくちょー
である。・・
国公立二次英語対策として、記述論述式英作文対策
それ以前に英語長文読解の本を一冊紹介さして頂く。
・・
我らがマイケル・コヴェル君がＳＮＳ内部の
個人的なブックリストの中で薦めていた本。
詰まり、米国内の州立大学でＭＢＡ取れる位の
文章力がフツーの英米人でも身に付きマース
とゆー程でもないけど、ＭＢＡホルダーの
英米人はフツーは英語の文章書くのがじょずだしー
オレもあんなふーに書きてーなー、つーくらい
上手な英文書けりゃーそりゃもう日本の大学入試英語らべる
なんかラクショーっすよ、おやびん。
でも、まあそれ以前に１６０ページほどの
本書の英文読んで理解しなくちゃ、英作文練習帖と
して、課題テーマ的に何をどー書けば判らんので
結局、長文読解の練習にも「結果的に」為っちゃうのだ。
夏休みに一冊読んでみて、あと英文日記付けるみたく
残り半年ほど書き続けてみては、どすか。
・・
補足事項として付け加えさして頂く。
どちらかとゆーと「・・について１００語程度で
書け」ツー感じの自由英作文論述式にはスゲー役立つ本だが、
和文英訳で説明的な日本語の文章をかなり、機械的に
トランスレーションする場合は、特定の英単語を覚えておく必要がある。
それでも１５年以上昔、京大入試などで極めて良く出題された
様な、日常生活エセー型の「日本語文」を「英文」に
トランスレートさせる様な和文英訳問題が出題されたりすっと
これまた、スッゲー役に立つ本。・・何かこの辺は
英語長文読解と「逆」みたいだ。詰まり、論説評論の説明的な
英語長文が出題された場合は、そのテーマの内容を日本語で仕込んで
置けば、ラクショーで英文読解が出来るのに
文学的エセーの英語長文とか出題されると、受験生の側が
ゼロから読解しなくちゃならないので「ミョーに大変」と
ゆー状況と正反対なのが「記述論述英作文」のとくちょー
である。・・
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The book of a lifetime
1999/1/26
形式:ペーパーバック
I found this book by accident while browsing through a now-defunct Los Angeles bookstore/cafe. It was the luckiest accident of my life. At that point I had been a professional writer for more than twenty years, but I rarely enjoyed my work, and I felt all of it was disposable in one way or another. At first, reading "If You Want to Write" gave me an incredible, if unfamiliar, feeling of joy and self-confidence. Afterwards, I began to surprise the hell out of myself in terms of what I was able to accomplish. This simply written book states some of the most profound truths about life and creativity I have ever read. Whenever I get stuck on a project I go back and re-read it, and its warmth, generosity, and brilliance always inspire me to go on. It should almost be titled "If You Want to Live", because far more than being a how-to book on writing, it makes an eloquent argument that we all can live creative lives as long as we're true to ourselves.
99 人中、95人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
This Book Led Me to EPIPHANY
2005/7/29
形式:ペーパーバック
I will admit from the start that this book is not for everyone. It won't appeal to all writers and artists. However, I believe the book was written for people who are looking for a way to lead an authentic life and to achieve authenticity in their art. As with Natalie Goldberg's WRITING DOWN THE BONES, this book feels as though it was written just for me, and that's the true beauty of IF YOU WANT TO WRITE. If the book speaks to you, as it did to me, you may find yourself having the first great epiphany of your artistic life. Her book sits in a prominent place in my home and in my heart. I have read it many times and underlined countless passages. As I struggled to finish my first book, I looked to Ueland for support and confidence. By far the two most memorable passages for me are the one in which she describes a time she was playing the piano and was told her playing wasn't "going anywhere." She then discusses the relationship that MUST exist between the artist and the person experiencing the art. (Her philosophy is strongly influenced by the observations of Tolstoy.) She points out that this relationship is necessary in order for us to produce meaningful art. The second passage that is extremely meaningful to me is related to the first passage. She describes the time Vincent Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother and drew a tender image of a streetlight that he was looking at outside his window. The drawing is beautiful because it came out of his intense love for his brother and his desire to share something beautiful with him, not from a desire for recognition or fame. This is what Ueland means by authenticity, which she, like Blake, connects to the divine source existing within each individual. This book changed forever the way I view the artistic expression.
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Avanti!
2000/8/7
形式:ペーパーバック
Brenda Ueland was one of my dearest friends. Her wisdom and gentle humor has sustained me through many years. If You Want to Write is an outstanding book on not only how to write but how to live fully -- with grace, joy, humor and compassion. It is "first-rate," as Brenda would say. Once you have found this book, don't let it get away from you. Keep copies handy. One year, I gave copies of the book to my family and friends for Christmas. They all loved it. It soon became one of those books that everyone must read -- for reading this book seemed to make everyone a better person. How is that? Maybe one of the reasons is because it "takes the pressure off" to be a "good writer" or a "good person." Just be who you are in an authentic and joyful way -- and you can't help but be "good." Open the book to any page, and you will find her words funny, creative, loving and truthful --thumbing her nose at all the pessimists in the world.
Brenda had a delightful sense of humor. She jokingly insisted on renaming me "Countess Francesca" because, "Names are very important, and Deborah is just too stern and biblical." This was just her way with everyone -- funny, uplifting and endearing. And her book, If You Want to Write, will make you feel just as special, as if she is sitting right there with you, laughing with you and helping you every step of the way. Enjoy this women's words -- hold them in your heart. Brenda is a rare spirit. Avanti!
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