Read These 10 Books And Let It Help You Change Your Life For The Better.
My Favourite Non-Fiction Reads of 2022
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
Genre -
Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
New creatives who don't know how and where to start their creative careers/journey.
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My Review -
This is the most friendly, encouraging, and delightful book for creatives I have ever read.
It will help you understand that no work of art is original. Building your foundation on the shoulders of the bygone titans, your favourite writers and role models is okay and necessary.
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Genre -
Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
Creatives who want to stay persistent and want to grow an audience.
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My Review -
Life as a creative is simple. Read this book, and you'll know that.
It will motivate you to put your work into the public and fulfil your creative soul.
Keep Going by Austin Kleon
Genre -
Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
Creatives who want to stay creative for life.
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My Review -
Another heart-warming and nurturing book for creatives.
It will show you why you should and how you could sustain a life-long love affair with your writing craft (or any creative craft).
The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles
Genre -
Finance, Philosophy, Spirituality, Self-help & Personal Development
Who Is This For? -
People who want to understand the mental, emotional and spiritual side of getting rich.
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My Review -
This book teaches that getting rich requires not only physical work but mental and emotional work as well.
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Genre -
Philosophy, Spirituality, Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
Writers/Creatives who have lost/are looking for their creativity or want to rekindle the relationship.
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My Review -
By the time we become adults, our creative soul has been choked unconscious by our society and circumstances.
This book will help you bring your creative soul back to life.
Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande
Genre -
Philosophy, Self-help & Personal Development
Who Is This For? -
Writers who want to understand what it means to be a writer - mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
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My Review -
What to connect with the writer within? Then this book is a must-read for you!
Dorothea is like that grandmother who doesn't mince her words.
Becoming a writer, according to her, requires commitment, self-discipline and consistent and persistent practice.
In this espresso shot of a book, she explains how one can do that.
Quiet by Susan Cain
Genre -
Psychology, Self-help & Personal Development
Who Is This For? -
Introverts and Extroverts who want to understand their introverted friends.
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My Review -
Reading this book was both heartbreaking and healing for the introvert in me.
I was unconsciously forced to live a different life and didn't even know about it.
This book is making me see myself in a new light.
INFJ Writer by Lauren Sapala
Genre -
Psychology, Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
INFJ writers
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My Review -
This book made me cry.
This was the first time I read a book on Writing which spoke in the language I understood.
Reading this book was a healing process.
Firefly Magic: Heart Powered Marketing for Highly Sensitive Writers by Lauren Sapala
Genre -
Business, Marketing, Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology, Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
Empaths, highly sensitive, INFJ and introvert writers who cringe at the thought of marketing their books.
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My Review -
This is precisely what I needed as an INFJ writer and authorpreneur!
This book shows that we don't need to market our books in a way that doesn't sit well with us in our hearts.
If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
Genre -
Philosophy, Spirituality, Self-help & Personal Development, Writing
Who Is This For? -
Writers who want to understand what it means to be a writer - mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
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My Review -
One major lesson I received from this book is to write your truth. Write what feels right to you. If you don't let yourself write freely, you won't become the writer you deserve to become.
