Creative Writing Workshop


© Wesley Sharpe

Lessons

Lesson 1: What is Creativity?
“You need your broccoli in order to write well,” says Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird. “It means, of course, when you don’t know what to do,...
Myths That kill Creativity
The Truth About Creativity
The Creative Process
The Creative Process Continued
The Process Works!
Creative Workout

Lesson 2: The Odd Couple: Right Brain/Left Brain Thinking
You’ve probably read about the so-called right brain, left brain war. “The creative right brain generates ideas spontaneously, and the killjoy left...
The War of the Hemispheres
Logical & Imaginative Thinking
Find Your Preference
More on Preferences
Creative Workout

Lesson 3: Do You Have What It Takes?
You don’t feel creative? It might comfort you to know that some of our most creative and famous personalities were shut down as kids. There’s plenty...
Smart Kids---Creative Adults?
An Important Research Study
Common Creative Traits
Identify Your Abilities
Creative Workout

Lesson 4: How to Think Like a Writer.
Experienced writers talk about a mental process they call flow. You are writing in flow when you have a sense of being plugged in and alive. It’s...
Creative Ideas & Flow
Keep a Writers Journal
Take Notes
Brainstorming---Basic to Creative Writing
Four Success Stories
Creative Workout

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