Twelve Doors: Writing for Pleasure, Self-Expression, and Insight

By Lezlie Laws

In this dazzling little gem of a book, Lezlie Laws draws upon her forty-five-year career as a teacher, yogi, and creativity coach. She gently invites you to open the doors of creativity, to energize creative spirit, and to experience a small but potent truth: what you have to say matters. She and photographer Julie Dunsworth present writers with an array of beautiful doors, both real and metaphoric, doors we have been yearning to open as well as doors we're afraid to open. When the writer is ready to approach them, these doors lead into spaces of keen observation and memories of joy and pain and revelation. Using events, observations, and stories from her life, Lezlie creates short personal essays, each resolving in a prompt. These prompts challenge the writer to hone her skill in laying down detail and building narrative. They provoke the writer to dig to the core of personal storyline, to question conclusions, and to examine the viability of facile assumptions. Writing as revelation. In her introduction, the author offers ways to use the prompts as a daily practice, as a seasonal intensive, or as personal retreat--each one challenging the writer to dive deep into her own process and remain dedicated to her unique vision. Lezlie shows how even small amounts of time dedicated to a writing practice can result in big pay offs of pleasure and artfulness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939472237
• ISBN13: 9781939472236
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: LifeStory Publishing
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.