"The Creative Habit"

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This paper discusses and reviews Twyla Tharp's book, "The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life: A Practical Guide." It discusses the content and issues that Tharp introduces in the book, as well as the set-out of the book. The paper then looks at the style that Tharp wrote in and discusses whether this was the most effective way to present her information.

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"This book, while the subject matter was interesting, was drawn out longer than it had to be and was written in a confusing order. Tharp used examples from her own life so much that the reading often became boring and repetitive. What could have been explained in a few sentences to a paragraph is drawn out to a whole chapter. For example, in the chapter on organization where Tharp advises creating a system to contain your ideas, she goes into a lengthy account of her choice of using boxes, the pros and cons of using boxes, a time when she used a box, and examples of other systems that people may use. Also, the order of the book was strange in that the chapters jump back and forth in time. Why talk about organizing your ideas before explaining how to come up with those ideas in the first place? For the purpose of this book report Tharp's points were re-arranged into a more logical order."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Tharp, Twyla. (2003) The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life: A Practical Guide. Simon & Schuster, NY.

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