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The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain

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4 out of 5
Based on 22 Ratings and 22 Reviews

Book Description
Why is it that some writers struggle for months to come up with the perfect sentence or phrase while others, hunched over a keyboard deep into the night, seem unable to stop writing? In The Midnight Disease, neurologist Alice W. Flaherty explores the mysteries of literary creativity: the drive to write, what sparks it, and what extinguishes it. She draws on intriguing examples from medical case st... More
Book Information
PublisherMariner Books
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages320
ISBN-10B003L1ZYT2
Publication Date01/18/2005
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About Alice Weaver Flaherty (Author) : Alice Weaver Flaherty is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Alice Weaver Flaherty include Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating, The Midnight Disease: The Dri... more
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10/8/2007 Leanne Pankuch said: The title says it all.
tags: I recommend

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