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> Get Articles > Creativity and Ideas > Writing and the Creative Imagination - How to Avoid Writer's Block Writing and the Creative Imagination - How to Avoid Writer's Block Download as PDFCraig Lock clockxtra.co.nz Creative Writing Course http://www.nzenterprise.com/writer/creative.html We hope that the following short article may be informative and helpful to your readers, or on your web sites. You have permission to publish this article (formatted to 60 characters, approx) electronically or in print. If it helps others "out there" in any way, then we're happy. Writing and the Creative Imagination - How to Avoid "Writer's Block" Thought I'd share a few simple thoughts on how to use the amazing powers of your creative imagination to the fullest in overcoming "writer's block"... Just letting you know that I start all my novels with a BASIC PLOT (plan) and don't have much idea how it's all going to end up ("pan out"). I don't consciously use techniques, like "mindmapping" and have found that by writing one chapter at a time then simply "letting go", the story simply flows onto the next naturally (at least I think it does!). It's simply a matter of taking one step at a time, then waiting for "inspiration"*, which may take an hour, a day, a week, or a month. * By the way, the word "inspire" translated from the ancient Greek language, literally says, "God breathed life into". Not that it's Greek to me - this "not classical language scholar"! When I get "stuck" for a while, I take a break with a long walk along the stunningly beautiful beaches here, which really relaxes me and then the thoughts simply "flow into my head.” This takes hold and I get a clear vision of the next small step ahead (always) - through the amazing powers of the subconscious mind, which is where our INSPIRATION* comes from... and this leads, impels (nice word!) us into ACTION. Imagination leads to intuition ("the way God communicates with us" via the antannae of the subconscious mind, I believe). So use the amazing and unlimited powers of your creative subconscious mind... then IT'S UP TO US TO ACT ON OUR "CREATIVE" FEELINGS. Hope these thoughts may be helpful to you in whatever endeavour (creative or otherwise) you undertake in life. Craig Lock “A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision with a task is the hope of the world.” - Inscription from a church in Sussex, England "Our Creator will never give us a desire without our having the ability/capacity to see it to fruition." Craig Lock "Information and Inspiration distributor" http://www.craiglock.com http://www.novelty-gift.com/ebooks.html http://www.craiglockbooks.com All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children - MINE Creative Writing Course http://www.nzenterprise.com/writer/creative.html P.S: Don't worry about the world ending today... it's already tomorrow in "little" scenic and tranquil New Zealand THIS ARTICLE MAY BE FREELY PUBLISHED How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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