Love Split Inspired Mandy Moore  7/3/07

Heartbreak inspired pop star Mandy Moore as she sat down to write songs for her new album, Wild Hope - she had just split from actor boyfriend Zack Braff.

The break-up was the latest in a line of celebrity romances gone wrong for the pretty singer, and she found writing about it a real tonic.

She says, "It was therapeutic to sit down and really get out of my head and turn something really negative into something positive that I could stand up and be proud of.

"I think I'm a stronger person than I give myself credit for, and that's definitely something I've learned not only from the songwriting process but from the songs themselves."