Summary, Analysis, and Review of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic

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Unabridged

29 minutes

Unabridged

29 minutes

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic is her ode to creativity and inspiration. Gilbert, who's garnered acclaim most famously for her book Eat Pray Love, seeks to impart to readers that the act of artistic creation does not have be a tortured, complicated process: it's better to just do, and worry about questions of merit or quality only once a work is actually finished. Gilbert opens the book with an anecdote on Jack Gilbert, a poet with no relationship to the author and only a fraction of her notoriety and success. Rejecting fame and fortune in favor of focusing and honing in on his craft, the author uses the poet's example to lay out t