I don’t remember the struggle of learning to read. However, I do remember the joy the new skill brought me. This is followed by the childhood jubilation of memorizing Rose Bonne’s “I Know an Old Lady” children’s book. This jubilation of learning a new skill and the confidence that came with that has stayed with me. Grittily guiding me throughout my life. Although, I still don’t know why she swallowed the fly.

Fast forward 50+ years of life challenges overcome with determination, and I’m in the driver’s seat on the struggle bus trying to write a book. Thinking I can not learn this skill, feeling like a failure for the first time ever, and not knowing why. Not knowing how I got stuck or why I got stuck.

Through this book, within minutes, without knowing me at all, Julia’s insight steered my course back into a place where I could see confidence around the next bend. All I had to do was turn the page. I was curious about what could be waiting for me on the horizon.”

Never have I ever read a book that preaches the core tenet of Julia Roberts’ “Write Without the Fight.”

All the other manuals I’ve read focus on the externals – what we call “craft.” Style. Voice. Dialogue and exposition. How to write scenes that sizzle and plots that pulse. Marketing. Publishing. Start to finish.

However, none of this actually helps me when I’m faced with my most common problem: writer’s block.

Julia pinpoints and consoles the true source of it. Craft isn’t the solution. What is? YOU, dear author. YOU are writing’s instrument. By shifting the focus from outside externals to YOUR internals – your motivation, creative strong points and struggles, and patterns of thinking that stop you from writing – she proves that writer’s block is 100% fixable, 100% NOT a character flaw, and 100% a matter of finding and using the right writing strategies at the right time. Backed by solid scientific research and tons of testimonials, Ms. Roberts presents a way of looking at talent that will turn it from something you either “have” or “don’t have” into something that’s already lying within you like a buried treasure. All you need to do is dig it up.

Want proof? I’m about to complete a huge manuscript I thought I’d never finish and was about to can.

Are you searching, perhaps desperately, for external tools that will unblock you? You’ll find them here.

Are you also searching, perhaps desperately, for hidden internal resources? You’ll find them here, too.

What you seek is in this book. Let this book help you seek what’s inside of you, too.

As within, so without.

How many times have people said to you, “You should write a book!” Or have you thought, “gee, this would make a good book,” or even just had the momentary inspiration, “I should write about this!”

Maybe you’ve begun to write that book, screenplay, short story, whatever…but it never gets past the just begun stage. You abandon it. You can’t go any further. You get stuck. You feel overwhelmed or under qualified by the task.

But deep down you REALLY DO want to write.

Is it writers block? Is it fear? Is it confusion because you’ve got some of it written but you’re stuck? Does it feel like a fight you can’t win?

Think again!

Write Without the Fight by Julia Roberts is just what you need. It’s all about unlocking the blocks, seizing your creativity and understanding your process. Not “the process.” Your process. Different writers have different styles. Those many types of being a writer are covered. It’s not so much a “how-to” as it is an offering of insight into you, the writer. What sort of writer are you? Julia Roberts describes types of writers and the creative processes that complement them. She defines them and shows how various methods and practices help overcome writers block and other common difficulties. These insights will enhance your writing.

It isn’t just for novice writers. Write Without the Fight has sufficient refresher paths plus exercises that will be of value to newbies and experienced authors. This is a must for every writer’s bookshelf. Or their desk!