Absolutely, one, if not the best book I've read about not just writing but being a creative person. I'd recommend this to everyone who struggles to recognize their true voice and how to work with it, how to let inspiration strike you and be it's friend, to understand that we are all divine beings with great potential and through this simple thing we can create and be as free from anxiety and failure, to ignore criticism or allow critics to fade our sparkle. Brenda writes exactly as she teaches: as if she is talking to a friend or a pupil and nudging them along to believe in themselves, their ideas, and what they're capable of. Her use of other artists, poets, and writers work doesn't intimidate, only encourage. There is no wrong in what you feel or think or create; there is only truth, and your ideas of experiences changing because everyone changes, grows, and gets over hurdles over time. My copy of this book is dog-eared to the max; pretty sure some pages are dog-eared from all corners. The next time I go through it, it'll probably be to underline passages that jump out of me, but so many chapters and simple ways Brenda expresses herself she sparks the idle energy within to express experiences, thoughts, feelings. Simply put, read this and I can't imagine you won't be changed by her words and want to jump at the chance to string together some sentences, paint, draw, dream to your heart's content, to work splendidly and see yourself/life with new eyes.