The Write-Brain Workbook

The Write-Brain Workbook
Author: Bonnie Neubauer
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781599638386

Banish the Blank Page!You're seated at your desk, fingers poised above the keyboard, ready to write...but the words aren't coming. You're tapped out--or worse, burnt out. The blank page strikes again.Never fear. If you're battling writer's block, or if you're just looking for ways to flex your creative writing muscles, The Write-Brain Workbook Revised & Expanded will ensure that you never have to face another wordless day. Brimming with 400 stimulating writing prompts--including more than 60 exercises new to this edition--you'll create quirky characters, discover fresh twists on classic word games, sample new forms, and generate scores of ideas for poems, short stories, articles, and even novels. Write, scrawl, scribble, and dream on each page--the possibilities for creativity are endless! The Write-Brain Workbook will help you: Write without the pressure of preconceived expectations .Tailor your unique writing process. Build the momentum of a quick, daily writing practice. Apply the breakthroughs from your daily practice to your real writing. Expand how you see yourself as a writer. Experiment with different ways to approach writing. Affirm your commitment to being a writer. With Take the Next Step prompts for each exercise, repeating exercises you can return to again and again, and creativity-jolting illustrations, The Write-Brain Workbook is bigger and better than ever. Whether you love the pure joy of writing or are just getting started, these vibrant pages give you the means to hone your writing skills, conquer writer's block--and have fun in the process!

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
Author: Betty Edwards
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1585429228

A fully revised and updated edition of the essential companion to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain--over half of the exercises are new! Millions of people around the world have learned to draw using the methods outlined in Dr. Betty Edwards’s groundbreaking Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. In this workbook, the essential companion to her international bestseller, Edwards offers readers the key to truly mastering the art of drawing: guided practice in the five foundational skills of drawing. Each of the forty carefully constructed exercises in this updated second edition is accompanied by brief instruction, sample drawings, ready made formats and blank pages on which to draw, and helpful post-exercise pointers. You will explore wide-ranging subject matter—still life, landscape, imaginative drawing, portraits, and the figure—and gain experience with various mediums, such as pen and ink, charcoal, and Conte crayon. Learning to draw is very much like mastering a sport or a musical instrument: once you understand the basic skills, you must practice, practice, practice. This brilliantly designed and practical workbook from a world-renowned art teacher offers the perfect opportunity to improve your skills and expand your repertoire.

The Write-Brain Workbook

The Write-Brain Workbook
Author: Bonnie Neubauer
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-11-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781582973555

Never face a blank page again! &break;&break;With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. The Write-Brain Workbook is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative writing muscles each day. &break;&break; Eliminate the dreaded emptiness of the blank page&break; Write without the pressure of preconceived expectations&break; Learn about your own unique writing process&break; Build the momentum of a quick daily writing practice&break; Unlock writer's block&break; Apply the breakthroughs from daily practice to your "real" writing&break; Expand how you see yourself as a writer&break; Experiment with different ways to approach writing&break; Affirm your commitment to being a writer &break;&break;The Write-Brain Workbook is bursting with 366 innovative exercises that let you experiment and play with words and styles. Whether you love the pure joy of writing, are just getting started, or are trying to get past a particular writing block ... this is the book you've been waiting for!

303 Writing Prompts

303 Writing Prompts
Author: Bonnie Neubauer
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-08-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1435160797

“Don’t stop and think about it, just write.” —from the introduction Writing is many things. It can be a way to express our deepest feelings and greatest yearnings, or illuminate the mysteries of human existence. It can also, of course, be a lot of fun. Sometimes the best way to get started writing is to just get started and see where it takes you. This book will show you how! With 303 Writing Prompts, author Bonnie Neubauer (The Write-Brain Workbook), provides hundreds of easy exercises that will get your creative juices flowing. Neubauer’s prompts include everything from the first line of a story that you must finish, to simple sparks of inspiration. Her thought-provoking and sometimes whimsical prompts include: Write a magical love story in which the image of Lincoln on a five-dollar bill winks at a woman. Write opening paragraphs for four different stories that each start with the same question: “Why did you do that?” Write a dialogue-only conversation between two people where each line of the dialogue is no more than five words. Fill an entire page with it. Finish this story: “They had wanted a boy.” Whether you’re a full-time, part-time, or aspiring writer, 303 Writing Prompts will get you writing again.

Writing the Natural Way

Writing the Natural Way
Author: Gabriele L. Rico
Publisher: Tarcher
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1983
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780874772364

Shows all writers how effective writing can beas natural as telling a story to a friend, and as easy as daydreaming.

Wired for Story

Wired for Story
Author: Lisa Cron
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1607742462

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element. Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets—and it’s a game-changer for anyone who has ever set pen to paper. The vast majority of writing advice focuses on “writing well” as if it were the same as telling a great story. This is exactly where many aspiring writers fail—they strive for beautiful metaphors, authentic dialogue, and interesting characters, losing sight of the one thing that every engaging story must do: ignite the brain’s hardwired desire to learn what happens next. When writers tap into the evolutionary purpose of story and electrify our curiosity, it triggers a delicious dopamine rush that tells us to pay attention. Without it, even the most perfect prose won’t hold anyone’s interest. Backed by recent breakthroughs in neuroscience as well as examples from novels, screenplays, and short stories, Wired for Story offers a revolutionary look at story as the brain experiences it. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of the brain, its corresponding revelation about story, and the way to apply it to your storytelling right now.

Making a Good Writer Great

Making a Good Writer Great
Author: Linda Seger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781879505490

Teaches writers how to be creative within the craft of screenwriting, and discusses theme development, sensation-thinking, dream images, character opposition, and personal vision.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Author: Betty Edwards
Publisher: Tarcher
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere.

The Writer's Creative Workbook

The Writer's Creative Workbook
Author: Joy Kenward
Publisher: Leaping Hare Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1782408908

The Writer’s Creative Workbook is a practical and insightful guide into the joyful craft of mindful writing. Focusing on the transformative process of writing and conscious creativity, this beautifully illustrated part-manual, part-journal explores the holistic value of writing for writing’s sake. Author Joy Kenward invites story-tellers, poets, travel-writers, journalists and letter-writers – in fact anyone curious about the ancient wisdom of mindfulness and its relevance to the modern creative voice – to embrace affirmations, meditations and Buddhist wisdom. With practical exercises and astute notes on dissolving creative block, planning, time, and caring for your words, this is a must-have companion to help any creative wordsmith flow, flourish, and be mindful.

A Writer's Workbook

A Writer's Workbook
Author: Caroline Sharp
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 125012249X

Aspiring doctors have medical school. Karate students have belts of different colors. Pianists have scales and arpeggios. But what system do writers have for getting and staying "in shape," to help them focus, practice, and make progress? A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious collection of exercises to inspire, encourage, warm up, and jump-start anyone who writes. A wise and funny friend who will cheerlead you through even your darkest can't-write days and "every idea I've ever had is awful" nights, she provides encouraging suggestions, hilarious observations, and an amazingly vivid catalogue of writers' neuroses (with advice on overcoming them, of course). From "Roget's Resume" and "Emulating Ernest" to "End Well," "The Rewrite Rut," and "Dear John," the exercises in this generous, wry workbook will keep your ideas fresh, your mind open, and your pen moving.