Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
My teaser for today is From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction by Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Robert Olen Butler.
“But eventually a thing kicked in that psychologists used to call functional fixedness. That is, if you have a certain place and certain objects that you associate only with a certain task, eventually the associational values build up in such a way that when you go to that place and engage those objects, you are instantly completely focused on that task.”
from From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction
by Robert Olen Butler.
Anyone can play along with Teaser Tuesdays! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
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All that I am, all that I ever was... 
September 18, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Hhm, I could see that working! I also teased from a book about literature! Also, I really like the art on your Tumblr Thanks for sharing :)
My Teaser
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September 18, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Guess that would be true.
Here’s ours for this week, a YA read and a non-fiction about Tony Danza’s teaching experience: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-teasers-nonf-fiction-and-ya.html
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September 19, 2012 at 5:39 am
Sounds interesting — like when you lace up your walking shoes and go to the park, you’re energized and eager to go for a walk? This sounds like an inspiring book.
My teaser is from HOLLYWOOD BEGINNINGS.
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