A Trail of Crumbs to Creative Freedom: One Author's Journey Through Writer's Block and Beyond

Writing is hard. Some writers believe they need a magical mindset. Others believe you must force yourself to write. Such pressures cause pointless suffering. A Trail of Crumbs to Creative Freedom proposes a more playful and forgiving approach. "Trail" tracks the creative recovery of the author, who—right after a manic episode—becomes creatively numb and plunges into a depression. Desperately blocked, she longs to re-experience the creative rush of writing her first novel and imagines a trail leading back to it. "More than anything," she writes, "I wanted to go back. Back to the time before my episode when the ideas had flowed freely. I needed a road, a path, a map. Anything would have been welcome." To go back to the state of inspiration she remembers, the author probes the nature and source of creativity. Slowly and painfully, the author rediscovers her love for writing and the fun of creative exploration. A Trail of Crumbs to Creative Freedom is part autobiography, part inspiration, and part how-to. If you struggle with block, follow this trail of crumbs through the forest to reach the light of creative freedom. Pick up this book today and get started.