Which Writerly Play Room Would You Like to Visit?

When you view your thinking through the Writerly Play lens, you can isolate and practice specific skills. Like focused physical training, focused creative training boosts momentum and mastery. Rather than experiencing a vague sense that you’re growing, you can name the skill you’ve improved and clearly see the impact of that growth on your work and life.

As you explore the titles below, imagine you’ve stumbled into a library organized by Writerly Play rooms. Choose the room that strikes your fancy, and narrow in on the mindset that will serve you best wherever you happen to be right now. If you’re encountering the concept of Writerly Play for the first time, here’s a quick guide to the rooms and how to use them to develop your creative capacity.

“The right book at the right time can expand our lives in the way love does, making us more thoughtful, more generous, more brave, more alert to the world’s wonders and more pained by its inequities, more wise, more kind.”

– James Mustich, 1000 Books to Read Before You Die