Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
Contributed by Darcey Schwenk
Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries Table
Chapter Summary
Part 1 Courage
Gilbert introduces the concept of bravery through a story of an elusive poet who, despite being received exceptionally well in the literary world for ...
Part 2 Enchantment
Gilbert begins the second chapter by telling the reader about an idea for a novel that struck her in 2006 centering in the Amazon Rainforest. The idea...
Part 3 Permission
At the beginning of chapter 3, Gilbert writes about her parents. She talks about how her parents were individuals who did what they wanted to do witho...
Part 4 Persistence
Gilbert begins the chapter telling the reader that at 16 years old, she took literal vows to dedicate her life to writing. She vowed to the universe t...
Part 5 Trust
Gilbert starts chapter 5 with a story about Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse who...
Part 6 Divinity
In the final chapter of the book, Gilbert writes of a story from Bali. When mass tourism first came to Bali in the 1960s, the native peoples took prid...
Conclusion 
Gilbert concludes the book saying that it is the creator’s responsibility to fit these paradoxes of creativity into his or her life. When that happe...
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