My Unedited Writing Year: 365 Invitations to Free Your Creativity and the Writer Within by Hope Lyda

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My Unedited Writing Year: 365 Invitations To Free Your Creativity And The Writer Within by Hope Lyda

For some time now, I have been wanting to do more purposeful writing. While I don't consider myself a professional at all, I do enjoy the craft of writing and trying to put words to my thoughts. This book looks like a great opportunity to practice my writing skills along with helping me to think outside of the box in what I'm writing about.

I have not read the entire book. To me, this is not the kind of book you sit down and read from cover to cover. I think that might drown whatever spark of creativity you had when you started if you were to read all 365 invitations at once. I plan to keep this book close and use it on a regular basis in 2020 and maybe even beyond.

Some of the creative invitations included in this book are: "Write a permission slip for yourself to do something, to be something, or to create something you've held back from pursuing." or "Turn your attention to a secondhand object. Write about its journey or about an imagined previous owner."  I mean how fun would that be?

There are a few different categories these invitations fall into: Writing Practice and Nonfiction, Life Journey, Spiritual Inspiration, Fiction and Poetry, and Creativity Jump Starts.

I enjoy blogging and I'm looking forward to creating some blog posts using some of these creative inspirations. I just think it could be so much fun.

Since I got an ARC copy and an e-book, this will be a book I will keep my eyes open for after it has been released. Having a paper copy would be so much easier to follow along with, I think.

I received this book from Harvest House via NetGalley and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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