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Announcing the Upcoming Launch of WritingSpirit.com

Ignite your Writing Spirit &
Put Your Passion on the Page
with
WritingSpirit.com

Being a member of WritingSpirit.com will be like having a Writing Coach at your fingertips 24/7. You'll have access to our unique, innovative, and EXCLUSIVE creativity, productivity and publishing tools. You'll get weekly support as you take your writing projects from start to finish--from idea to manuscript. And you'll learn how this new Publishing 2.0 World can help you achieve your writing and publishing goals with lightening speed. 

In other words . . .

When you join WritingSpirit.com you'll discover that
Getting published is easier than you think!

As a member of WritingSpirit.com you will...

• Participate on monthly calls and webinars with creativity experts & publishing professionals, so that you can easily bypass all the common mistakes writers make (which means you'll complete your writing projects more quickly and easily, and increase your chances of finding an agent or publisher).

• Discover The Book Writing Compass™, which will help you stay inspired and moving steadily forward on your book writing journey, so that your dream of writing a book "someday" turns into a book you can actually hold in your hands. Write your book!

• Receive mind maps, check lists and brainstorming questions to support you on your journey from inspiration to completed manuscript--whether you want to write a book, article, short story, play, or screenplay. The feeling of satisfaction you get, when you see your name in print, is extraordinary.

• Learn methods to open to the flow of inspiration--instantly!--so that you can easily move forward on any writing project you choose. Never be stopped by writer's block again.

• Get A Writer's Arithmetic™ goal setting tools, which will help you meet deadlines, write more consistently, and bring your projects to completion. Are you ready to kiss procrastination goodbye? 

• Discover lots of '"fast and fabulous" writing and content creation techniques, so that you can pour your heart onto the page with ease, write your first draft quickly, and complete your project faster than you thought possible. Fly past perfectionism, and have more fun writing.

• Find out how computers and the Internet are changing the face of publishing--for the better! Explore the many exciting and fulfilling ways there are to express your creativity, passion, and wisdom in this Web 2.0 World. You can get published today.  

• Start building your "author's platform." Whether you want to find a traditional publisher, self-publish, or publish on the web, the sooner you start putting yourself out there, building relationships, and making little successes happen, the sooner the big successes will come your way. It's a lot less scary than you think.  In fact, once you get past your nervousness, you'll find out how much fun it is!

• Participate in our regular "Publish or Bust!" 30 Day Challenges, and make BIG progress—one small step at a time. These challenges provide a real deadline, structured support, and accountability, so that you can focus on a small easily completed task, finish it, and move forward. Gain confidence and momentum.

WritingSpirit.com is coming MAY 22, 2008

I want to know what's on your mind, so I can make sure that you'll find the writing tools and support you need on WritingSpirit.com. Send me an email answering one or more of the following questions and we can create an awesome writing site together!

• What is your current writing goal, as well as your most cherished writing dream?

• What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle to your writing success?

• What do you need to move forward with your writing and publishing goals?

• What is your most burning question about writing and getting published?

Email me at Julie@WritingSpirit.com and let me know!

(Put "WritingSpirit.com" in the subject line so I'll open it immediately!)

Peace and blessings,

Julie Isaac

 

 

Movies About Writers

I just watched the movie, "Miss Potter," starring Renee Zellweger as famous children's author, Beatrix Potter. It's fun to watch movies about famous authors, and see how they overcame the naysayers, their own self-doubts, and any other creative obstacles they faced, which made their heroes' journey worth making a movie about.

Here are just a few of the movies that have been made about writers:

• Beloved Infidel (1959) about F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, and Tender is the Night. Starring Gregory Peck.
• All The President's Men (1976) about Bob Woodward (author or co-author of 10 #1 national bestselling non-fiction books, more than any other contemporary author) and Carl Bernstein. Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
• Cross Creek (1983) about Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings, author of The Yearling. Starring Mary Steenburgen.
• Gothic (1987) about poet Lord Byron and novelist Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Starring Gabriel Byrne and Natasha Richardson. (Directed by Ken Russell)
• Hemingway (1988) about Ernest Hemingway, author of For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. Starring Stacy Keach.
• Henry and June (1990) about Anais Nin (Delta of Venus) and Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer). Starring Maria de Medeiros and Fred Ward.
• Impromptu (1991) about George Sand (Aurore Dupin), author of 80 novels and 20 plays. Starring Judy Davis as Sand.
• Kafka (1991) about Franz Kafka, author of The Metamorphosis. Starring Jeremy Irons.
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) about poet and essayist Dorothy Parker and Manhattan's legendary literary cadre known as the Algonquin Round Table. Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh.
• Quills (2000) about the Marquis de Sade, author of Justine or the Misfortunes of Virtue, and Letters From Prison. Starring Geoffrey Rush.
• Iris (2001) about Iris Murdoch, author of Under the Net, and The Sacred and Profane Love Machine. Starring Judi Dench.
• The Hours (2002) about Virgina Woolf, author of Mrs. Dolloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and A Room of One's Own. Starring Nicole Kidman as Woolf, along with Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep.
• Sylvia (2003) about the poet Sylvia Plath, author of the semi-biographical novel The Bell Jar. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
• Finding Neverland (2004) about J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. Starring Johnny Depp.
• Capote (2005) about Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
• Miss Potter (2006) about Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and many other children's books. Starring Renee Zellweger.
• Becoming Jane (2007) about Jane Austen, the author of Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Starring Anne Hathaway.
• Miss Austen Regrets (2008) also about Jane Austen, the author of Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Park. Starring Olivia Williams.

And there are also many movies about fictional writers, and their creative trials and triumphs. Such as:

• Misery (1990) Kathy Bates as an author's worst nightmare. In this case, the author is played by James Caan.
• Deconstructing Harry (1997) Woody Allen as an author who decides to write a novel about his best friends.
  
• Finding Forrester (2000) Sean Connery portrays a famous novelist turned recluse, who helps a high school basketball star (Rob Brown) who wants to be a writer.
• Adaptation (2002) Nicolas Cage as a screenwriter, battling his own creative demons, as he works to adapt a novel (written by Meryl Streeps's character) for the screen.
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Emma Thompson plays a novelist struggling to kill off her main character (played by Will Ferrell), but things get out of hand.

What are your favorite movies about authors or about the creative process? Leave a comment and let me know.