Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers

by Elizabeth Ayres

No matter how intimidated or how blocked, any writer can tap into the vast oceans of creativity within--simply by following the exercises in this book.

Broken into small steps, each exercise is easy and takes only minutes to do. Yet each one forms a wave that brings with it a rush of ideas, images, and scenes as it crests. The words surge and flow past inhibitions and dangerous perfectionism--for every level of writer.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Poetry

270 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

Reviews

[Laura Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Old old old. Skip it.

[Rye]

This is the book i've been waiting to buy, and it took me 5 years before I got it for only 150 pesos from a bookstore sale. I regret not having this book 5 years ago after forsaking it for buying a book on immunohematology which I badly need to pass my exams as a medical technologist. Well, patience pays.

[Andrew Lenza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite pleased with Ayres' approach to teaching writing. The exercises straddle the imagined and the practical, offering students to draw from the well of personal experience while fashioning fiction from creative impulses. The book underpins the author's online writing workshop, which I would highly recommend for writers of all levels.

[Jerry-Mac]

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[Yzobelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

For an aspiring writer who needs a guide to go through the adventurous journey, this book is the one for you!

Ayres' chosen theme of using riding the waves as the metaphor to compare writing with is just so apt. Writing is going with the ups and downs of the waves, the gushing of the water at times and the sudden plateauing of ideas. This book is the surfboard that serves as the support and the teacher of anyone who dares enter the fun yet bumpy journey of writing.

[Rasma Haidri · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as books on writing go, this is a must. Other writing manuals that I know of, of which there are many, contain a lot more theory than this one. That is a strength of this book. Ayres takes you out of your thinking head and hurls you into the writing process. You cannot help but write pretty good stuff following these exercises.

[Suzanne Langlois · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading and working my way through this intriguing book for the second time. When I read over my notebook of work prompted by this writing workshop, I am amazed at the colorful descriptions, the cast of characters, back stories...that have spilled out of my brain and onto the pages.

[Hella]

leuk boek met heel veel schrijfoefeningen. Wel een beetje voor-schrijverig.