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mysti_gayle's review
4.0
Okay...how did Lauren Sapala get access to my brain???
Seriously, though: if you're a Sensitive Intuitive, please pick up this book. Lauren gives solid and sensible advice to help you cope through the difficult periods of your writing. She's honest and to the point, and that is what I appreciated from her throughout this book.
This should be required reading for all Sensitive Intuitive writers.
Seriously, though: if you're a Sensitive Intuitive, please pick up this book. Lauren gives solid and sensible advice to help you cope through the difficult periods of your writing. She's honest and to the point, and that is what I appreciated from her throughout this book.
This should be required reading for all Sensitive Intuitive writers.
vkaz's review
5.0
I took this with me to a personal writing retreat in which I had to deal with some difficult feedback on my novel. Once I started reading this book on my first night, I couldn't stop till I'd finished it. This was so clearly me, with my faults, my weaknesses--and my strengths. I was able to think through my edits and accept the feedback better just because I understood myself better as a writer. Much of the ideas here jive with The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and complemented the exercises I'd already done in that book. Anyone with the Meyers Briggs NF in their type will get a lot out of this book!
twhittie's review
4.0
Recommended to me from a friend, and though I’m a similar personality type (INFP), I found a lot of this relatable. I did love that INFPs were mentioned often in this book, and even had a whole chapter. It helped build my confidence again as I started drafting because it helped click a few things about my creative process into place.
alexandrachan's review against another edition
5.0
Dog-eared, scribbled, and underlined throughout. Easy to read and just wow...rarely have I ever felt so seen. Loads of insight and practical tips and exercises for the INFJ personality type, but I think would be plenty helpful for any of the NF types as well. If you know you are an INFJ and are a writer or have hopes of becoming a writer, then this is for you. For one, we INFJs have all the raw materials to be PHENOMENAL writers. It's important for us to hear that. She also outlines many of our other great strengths, catalysts and motivators, as well as worst pitfalls and how they interfere with our writing.
One thing I started doing explicitly as a result of reading this book was incorporating music and visualization into my writing practice and it changed everything. My book started coming into clearer and clearer focus. I began to be able to SEE it. Her exercises helped me call it in.
One thing I started doing explicitly as a result of reading this book was incorporating music and visualization into my writing practice and it changed everything. My book started coming into clearer and clearer focus. I began to be able to SEE it. Her exercises helped me call it in.
margeryb's review against another edition
3.0
Sweeping statements about INFJs (with full acknowledgment that MBTI types are suspect science to begin with) were either the farthest thing from what I am like to hitting the nail on the head so hard I had to take a picture of the page. Sapala's advice for sensitive people using writing groups and introverts using writing conferences are definitely things I will take under consideration.
iqrawrites's review against another edition
5.0
Essential reading for the Sensitive Intuitive writer. It confirmed so much that I suspected, reinforced what I already knew, and explained what I did not know in reassuring and tactful terms. It is an empowering book. I am eternally indebted to Lauren Sapala for writing this book!
solinaire's review
4.0
I appreciate this book. Sometimes as INFJ, you tend to think you are an island in a vast ocean of people that do not seem to get you. It was nice to have the kind of reinforcement that this book offered. If you are an INF (INFP, INFJ, ENFJ) personality type, you might find useful information on writing in this book!
threadybeeps's review
3.0
Two point five-ish stars? I guess? Some good and some not good. I definitely feel like I have a better understanding of why conventional writing productivity advice does not work for me. Good. I have not gone *too* deep into what it means to be an INFJ, and I see now where a lot of my weird creative tics come from. Also good. The author's personal fondness for certain super-duper obtuse middle class New Thought/Law of Attraction concepts is reeeaaally fucking grating to me, however. The last 1/3 or so of the book was a real struggle for me to get through because of this. I found the career advice and money management sections kind of...laughable? And this is not because I have some, uh, subconscious resistance to letting money ~~*flow into my life. Sometimes life is just hard and sometimes it's not because of some personal failing or subconscious urge sabotage yourself. I wish I'd stopped reading when I felt the urge because the last portion of the book really soured the whole experience for me. So. Be prepared to take what you need and discard the rest. The early parts of the book were definitely affirming for me. I already have my own spiritual beliefs and practices, and they do not mesh so well with the author's, but if you are a New Thought/LoA guy or gal, I'm sure you'll get along fine lol.