Big Magic is a phenomenal read that inspires you keep doing what you do despite your fear of failure. It's encourages you to be brave but not fearless. Elizabeth describes the former as our ability to keep working despite our fears, and later as the absence of fear in our heart that forces us to take uncalculated risks. Fear can be a good thing and how we deal with it makes all the difference. she also talks about passion and curiousity, and how passion can be counter productive to progress. She shares very interesting thoughts that are both helpful and strange at the same time, like her claim that ideas are like ghosts wandering around until they find a suitable host that can help them come to life.

In a nutshell, Big Magicaims at helping you be more creative and productive. It's a book that can be enjoyed by anyone who is feeling trapped and doesn't know how to get out of their self made cage of fears and insecurities.