The Midnight Disease

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

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Neuropsychology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Composition & Creative Writing
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Author: Alice Weaver Flaherty ISBN: 9780547525099
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: April 28, 2015
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Alice Weaver Flaherty
ISBN: 9780547525099
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: April 28, 2015
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

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 studies and from the lives of writers, from Franz Kafka to Anne Lamott, from Sylvia Plath to Stephen King. Flaherty, who herself has grappled with episodes of compulsive writing and block, also offers a compelling personal account of her own experiences with these conditions.

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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 studies and from the lives of writers, from Franz Kafka to Anne Lamott, from Sylvia Plath to Stephen King. Flaherty, who herself has grappled with episodes of compulsive writing and block, also offers a compelling personal account of her own experiences with these conditions.

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