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Through a structured progression of chapters and practical prompts, it addresses finding a mentor, locating a muse, developing style and theme, facing fears, and turning words into action. Foreword guidance and author framing connect creativity with self-confidence, perseverance, and self-esteem, offering a mindset and process for sustained artistic growth.","Copyright  \nCopyright © 2018 Francesca Lia Block  \nHachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture.  \nThe scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author ’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please [contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your](contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your) support of the author ’s rights.  \nSeal Press  \n1700 Fourth Street Berkeley, California  \n[www.sealpress.com](www.sealpress.com)  \n[First edition: May 2018](First edition: May 2018)  \nPublished by Seal Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Seal Press name and logo is a trademark of the Hachette Book Group.  \nThe Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, [go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com](go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com)[ ](go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com)[or call](or call) ([866](866)) 376-6591.  \nThe publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Block, Francesca Lia author.  \nTitle: The thorn necklace : healing through writing and the creative process / Francesca Lia Block ; foreword by Grant Faulkner.  \nDescription: Berkeley : Seal Press, 2018. |  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2017043732 (print) | LCCN 2017048230 (ebook) | ISBN 9781580057523 (ebook) | ISBN 9781580057516 (hardback)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Creative writing. | Authorship--Technique. | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Block, Francesca Lia. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | REFERENCE / Writing Skills. | SELF-HELP / Creativity. | SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem.  \nClassification: LCC PN189 (ebook) | LCC PN189 .B65 2018 (print) | DDC 808.02--dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043732](https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043732)  \nISBNs: 978-1-5800-5751-6 (hardcover), 978-1-5800-5752-3 (ebook) E3-20180323-JV-NF  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nCOVER  \nTITLE PAGE  \nCOPYRIGHT  \nDEDICATION  \nFOREWORD: Four Simple Words  \nINTRODUCTION: You Are an Artist!  \n1 ECHO: Find a Mentor  \nThe 12 Questions: Gifts and Flaws  \n2 DANGEROUS ANGELS: Find a Muse  \nThe 12 Questions: Wants and Needs  \n3 BLOOD ROSES: Channel Pain into Art  \nThe 12 Questions: Arc  \n4 QUAKELAND: Banish the Critic  \nThe 12 Questions: Antagonist  \n5 THE FRENZY: Chaos into Order  \nThe 12 Questions: Setting  \n6 ROSESAND BONES: Develop Your Style  \nThe 12 Questions: Style  \n7 GUARDING THE MOON: Persevere  \nThe 12 Questions: Theme  \n8 BEYOND THE PALE MOTEL: Face Your Fears  \nThe 12 Questions: Crisis  \n9 ROUGH MAGICK: Love  \nThe 12 Questions: Climax  \n10 THE THORN NECKLACE: Words into Action  \nThe 12 Questions: Resolution  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nSCENES  \nEXERCISES  \nAFTERWORD: The Magic Is Within  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nSelf-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940 by Frida Kahlo. Credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor my family and for Dr. Carol Blake  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFOREWORD  \n Four Simple Words  \nGrant Faulkner  \n“I AMA WRITER.”  \nThey’re just four simple words. Yet many of us have difficulty saying them, no matter where we are on our creative journeys.  \nI know I did. In my early days as a writer, when people asked me what I did, I hesitated to tell them because I knew I’d have to endure an inevitable cross-examination. People asked me how many books I’d published. They asked me how I planned to make a living writing. Or they just said,“Oh,”and kept their thoughts to themselves. 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