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Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland was a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write, that everyone is talented, original, and has something important to say. In this book she explains how find that spark that will make you a great writer. Carl Sandburg called this book the best book ever written about how to write. Join the millions of others who've found inspiration and unlocked their own talent.

A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

If You Want to Write

"Todo el mundo es talentoso, original y tiene algo que decir...". Así comienza el clásico de Brenda Ueland sobre la escritura y el proceso creativo. Carl Sandburg lo llamó "El mejor libro jamás escrito acerca de cómo escribir". Este libro es eso y mucho más. Habla de tener valores, de creer (en la imaginación y en su relación con la integridad personal) y sobre la valentía de llegar a entenderte y dejar improntas sobre el papel. Brenda dijo: "Siempre que hablo de "escribir" me refiero también a cualquier cosa que ames y quieras hacer o crear... Debes estar seguro de que tu imaginación y el amor están detrás de ello...".

Si Quieres Escribir / If You Want to Write

This is a self-portrait of the kind of rebel who flourished in Greenwich Village at the height of its bohemianism. Brenda Ueland came from a happy home in Minnesota where her father, an immigrant laborer from Norway, had struggled his way to becoming a lawyer and her native-born mother, a leader in the state's progressive movement. Despite the good spirit among the seven children, Brenda felt from early youth a contention of "fierce and gentle" forces within herself. She came to New York, studying at Barnard and Columbia, and living in the Village. She wrote a bit, fell in love with a married man, married him after his divorce, and later divorced him and raised their child alone. Her book is warm with pictures of Minnesota life, bohemian friendships and a touching love affair with the aging explorer, Fridtjof Nansen.

Brenda Ueland was a well-known lawyer, feminist activist, writer, and journalist. If You Want to Write is her most famous work. It is a classic study of the essence of literary creativity and its techniques. When formulating a philosophy on creativity, Brenda wrote: "Why should we all use our creative power....? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money. "

If You Want to Write. Illustated

William Strunk

For anyone who desires to become an author, two classic books share the necessary elements of creative writing and the habits and processes to make your writing successful. Professor William Strunk published Elements of Style at the end of the First World War. This book inspires us to write well while immersing readers in the atmosphere of a gentlemen’s writing circle where we can almost smell the chalk and tweed. The professor encourages the writer to write well, if for no other reason than to escape his stern reprimand. If You Want to Write is Brenda Ueland’s classic exploration of the essence and art of literary creativity. She believed that only by expressing one’s creative spirit can we become "generous, joyful, lively, bold and sympathetic". William Strunk: The Elements of Style Brenda Ueland: If You Want to Write

The Elements of Style. If You Want to Write. Illustrated

A writer, teacher, and early feminist relates her own coming-of-age in Minneapolis and Greenwich Village in the early part of the twentieth century

Brenda Ueland

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