The Sound of Paper

Nov 14, 2024 9:24 PM

Author:Julia Cameron

The Sound of Paper

'Lately, I am trying to provoke myself into art - into writing... I wasn't exactly in despair - I was in cynicism, which is despair's more torpid sister... Let me tell you how writing snuck back on me.'

Whether you are starting from scratch or need a gentle nudge back in the right direction, The Sound of Paper is a wonderful creative companion. Through inspiring essays and practical tasks, it stimulates creativity so that the reader becomes more and more familiar with their own strengths. Including her own fascinating journey from writer's block back to productive work, which takes the reader across America from New York to New Mexico, this is a story of inspiration infused with brilliantly practical suggestions, the perfect combination for anyone on the path to creativity.

Reviews

The Scots tongue, like most of the world's minority languages, is under pressure and Billy Kay in this excellent and cogent survey draws together the strands of our concern

—— Daily Express

Kay is the best writer on his own language I have read since Burchfield on English; his book should be put in schools, for it is capably seditious

—— The Herald

Moving, delightful, even inspiring

—— Edinburgh Review

It is not the kind of dry academic tome so cherished by linguistic nitpickers, but a bright, radical examination of the language which is at the heart of our existence

—— Aberdeen Press and Journal

A fresh and invigorating overview of a fascinating subject

—— Stirling Observer

Well written . . . provocative

—— The New York Times

Attuned to pop culture as well as to scholarship, Abley proves a deft social anthropologist

—— The Daily Telegraph

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