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    Unlock Your Creativity: A 21-day Sensory Workout for Writers
    Unlock Your Creativity: A 21-day Sensory Workout for Writers
    Unlock Your Creativity: A 21-day Sensory Workout for Writers
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    Unlock Your Creativity: A 21-day Sensory Workout for Writers

    By Sue Johnson and Val Andrews

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    "Unlock Your Creativity: a 21-day sensory workout for writers" is the first book in the series co-authored by Sue Johnson and Val Andrews. Unlock Your Creativity begins with exercises to help the reader identify their creative aspirations. It then takes them on a 21-day journey through the senses, showing a variety of ways to fuel their creative writing. Sue and Val support this sensory workout with a selection of practical planning tools, hints and tips to keep the creative writer focused on achieving their goals and to help sustain their momentum and work-flow when life gets in the way. This book also incorporates exercises and information from Sue and Val's successful Unlock Your Creativity Workshops. It is a must read for anyone who has always wanted to write but doesn't know where to start.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateMar 28, 2014
    ISBN9781782793014
    Unlock Your Creativity: A 21-day Sensory Workout for Writers

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      Unlock Your Creativity - Sue Johnson

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      Part One

      About You

      Some questions to consider

      Please take a moment to reflect on the questions below. Jot down your answers on a piece of paper, or better still, buy a really nice journal or notebook; something that is special to you, that you will enjoy touching, opening and writing in.

      • How often do you write?

      • How much does getting published matter to you?

      • Why do you want this?

      • What are you prepared to give up?

      • How persistent are you?

      • What difference will creative success make to your life?

      • Who else could benefit from your success?

      Focusing your intentions

      For this first section you will need at least two hours of uninterrupted time so that you can focus on opening up to your creativity.

      You will need:

      • Pen

      • Paper

      • Large sheet of art paper – A3 size seems to work best for many people.

      • Old magazines or photographs – anything that grabs your eye.

      • Scissors

      • Glue

      • Felt tips or crayons

      • Mandala pattern – there are numerous books on mandalas, so we’ve listed a few in at the end of this book. For getting you started quickly and cheaply, we recommend you go to Google Images and type in ‘free mandala colouring patterns for adults’ and see what you get. New designs are being added all the time.

      Actions

      Make a list of your writing wishes, as if money and time were no barriers. Write down everything you can think of, even if some of them feel a bit scary at the moment. You will grow into them!

      • Where are you now with your writing?

      • Where would you like to be in five years time? What will your life be like?

      • What will the ‘new you’ look and behave like?

      • Identify anything that is holding you back. Many people talk about negative messages from the past, like a teacher they didn’t get on with or a disapproving parent. Your blockage may be related to a past relationship or something in the present. What is it? Write it down in detail.

      • Pick one writing wish that you can make a start on now.

      Visualisation for success

      There are many guided visualisations available for free from the internet. For a guided meditation with a voice, you will find several to choose from. Just go to ‘Google’ then select ‘You Tube’ and type ‘guided meditation’ or ‘guided meditation for creativity’ or ‘creative

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