Become a Writing Hero
A creative writing mentor in inspirational book form. Imagine having your own personal mentor-someone encouraging yet honest, supportive yet empowering, who could help you set and achieve your goals, turn your moments of doubt and fear into sources of strength, and discover what you're truly capable of when you're at your best. Kendra Levin is that mentor. And with The Hero is You, she's here to help you do the best writing of your life-and live your best life while doing it.
A motivational self-care book for writing aficionados. Using a fresh new approach to Joseph Campbell's archetypal Hero's Journey, Levin reveals how to be a hero in the narrative of your own process. She weaves together wisdom drawn from her years as a life coach for writers and an editor at the world's biggest publishing house with behind-the-scenes stories from a panoply of best-selling authors and career entertainers. With over thirty exercises designed to help you reinvent your creative process from the inside out, this book will show you how to:
- Identify your biggest challenges and render them powerless
- Start a project that you love-and stick with it
- Design a structure for writing regularly
Great motivational book for anyone dealing with writer's block or other writing obstacles. Whether you're a first-time writer with a brand-new project or a seasoned pro, you'll reach the end of this book feeling fulfilled, inspired, and ready to mentor the next writer on their creative journey.
Readers of self-help books and personal development books for writers and creatives like The Artist's Way, Bird by Bird, The Artist's Way Workbook, and Big Magic will be inspired and encouraged by The Hero is You.
Industry Reviews
“Drawing from the mythological archetypes of Joseph Campbell, who theorized that many stories follow the universal plot arc of the “hero’s journey,” Levin (Arrested Development Mad Libs) has designed an extensive writing-as-therapy tool for writers. The premise of Levin’s therapeutic process: being a writer and working on a project is similar to being Campbell’s archetypal hero. Inspired by this conceit, Levin has expanded it into a self-analysis study for writers. To help readers tackle different writing difficulties, self-examination questions appear in each chapter ; these include “what do certain fantasies offer you that you aren’t getting in your real life?” and “what will happen if you continue to write nothing?” Though these questions might be apt, they also evoke a too-long psychotherapy session, and are too numerous for readers to tackle many of them in depth. Books about writing often devote ample space to becoming published, but Levin chooses to focus squarely on helping her readers establish a productive routine. Sprinkled throughout are personal accounts of writers who followed the “hero’s journey” model with success. Levin’s myth-inspired strategy should prove inspiring for first-time writers.” –Publishers Weekly
