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茱莉亚．卡麦隆继畅销书《创作，是心灵疗愈的旅程》之后， 又一精彩的经典作品。 我希望这本书能帮助治疗遍体鳞伤的写作者、鼓舞心存畏惧的写作者，以及怂恿站在河边想要把脚趾头伸进水里的写作者。─茱莉亚．卡麦隆 亲爱的茱莉亚： 是你鼓励我提笔写作，虽然我觉得妳疯了，但我还是写了。随信附上我刚出版的童书。 亲爱的茱莉亚： 教书教了三十年之后，我终于找到自己写作的初衷了。我热爱写作！但愿我没让自己等那麽久。请告诉其他学生要相信妳，并从此时此刻开始写作。 曾经，书写是每个人的本能，就像呼吸一般。随着时间推移，我们受困在世人对作家狭隘的定义中，陷入对写作的负面迷思里，认为当作家注定是孤独的、一辈子穷困潦倒、我们写的文字没有人要看、出版的书没有人会买。于是我们在写作之路上走得跌跌撞撞、茫然迷惑、信心尽失，最后遍体鳞伤，渐渐忘了写作最原始的本质──写作不是为了给谁看；不是为了得到掌声；不是为了名利双收；不是为了得到「作家」的头衔。我们写作，纯粹是享受为写而写的喜悦，让脑中的想法跃然纸上，透过文字跟自己对话。 本书作者茱莉亚．卡麦隆从自己的写作经验出发，带领读者省思写作的真谛是什麽？我们不需等到有时间、有灵感、有舒适的房间、合适的题材，才能好好坐下来写作，这只是逃避写作的藉口。对于写作，你大可如天真的孩子般，脑海里有任何奇思妙想，提起笔就写，想到什麽写什麽。你的文字不需经过旁人的指点过目，你就是文字的主人，你的灵感独一无二。一段时间后你会有惊人的发现：那些你所写下的只字片语，竟是如此动人！那一个又一个你所创造的文字异想世界，精彩得让你流连忘返！恭喜你，你重新找回文字的疗愈力量。 写作就是这麽一回事，抛开「我想写，但是……」的疑虑和不安，旁人多事的提醒纠正，写得快乐比写得好更重要。写，就对了！ 作者简介 茱莉亚．卡麦隆（Julia Cameron） 茱莉亚．卡麦隆兼具小说家、剧作家、作曲家、诗人等多重身分，在电影及电视圈颇负盛名。至今已出版数十本着作，写作题材广泛，包括诗集、小说和非小说类。 《创意，是心灵疗愈的旅程》（2010年橡树林出版）是卡麦隆最受欢迎、最经典，以讨论创意为主题的畅销书。但在此之前，她曾投注十年时间不断写作，却在创作之路上走得跌跌撞撞、茫然迷惑、信心尽失，最后只得仰赖酒精来支撑自己的意志力。尽管如此，卡麦隆仍不曾放弃，她凭着对艺术的热爱，重新回归创作最本然的初衷，不断向内省视自己的心，终于找到将灵感化为真实作品的方法，并获得百万读者的正面肯定。 卡麦隆开设了名为「艺术家之路」课程，成功带领许多在创作之路上遭遇瓶颈的作家、演员、舞者、导演、作曲家等等，和内在的自我对话，重新开启了创意的泉源。甚至许多向往艺术工作却不知该如何开始的人，在运用了书中的方法后，也大胆的在艺术之路上尽情挥灑自己的想法。她在创作方面的畅销代表作有《创作，是心灵疗愈的旅程》、《潜能寻宝游戏》及《写，就对了！》。 译者简介 赖许刈 英国格拉斯哥大学创意写作硕士（M. Phil in Creative Writing）。编书也译书的文字工作者，编辑作品多为欧美小说，翻译作品则涵盖各种类型。