The Writer’s Mind

The Writer’s Mind

The Writer’s Mind is an Intensive, meaning it happens in a short time span (1 day in NYC, or 2 days on Zoom, or 3 weeks Online). The course includes a mixture of lectures and exercises. It’s open to writers of any level. Farther down, you can view a syllabus for this course.

Where do the best ideas for stories, characters, and images come from? Where do you glean the answers that evade you at the keyboard? Where will you find the most fertile resource for imagination and truth?

Your mind, of course. Especially the recesses of your mind that Stephen King calls a far-seeing place.

Often the most important work does not happen at the desk or keyboard. It comes from somewhere deeper, from bringing the subterranean riches of your mind to the surface. Here you’ll learn techniques for accessing this material, which will make your writing flow more easily and yield results that are unique and unexpected.

When you begin to unlock the mysteries of your mind, you’ll be amazed by the wealth you discover.

About The Writer’s Mind
The Writer’s Mind

Fun, engaging, stimulating. I can definitely see how incorporating these techniques into my “writing life” will help me a lot.

Lisa Thompson

physician

Notes

This is a cross-genre course, applicable to any kind of writing.

Upcoming Classes

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Syllabus

This course shows how to use your mind to discover hidden depths in your writing, in any genre. Course components:
     Lectures
     Writing exercises

Topics:
      Easy Breezy: Simple Tricks – Using simple tricks to make positive mental adjustments. Roaming – Exploring your writing projects through mental roaming, which helps to solve problems and bring you to the table overflowing with ideas. Rituals and Routine – Finding rituals and routines that ease you into a place of focus and freedom.

     Different Angles: Brainstorming – Widening your creativity by searching for multiple possibilities instead of the one perfect answer. Combinations – Enriching your work by seeking influences from other art forms, such as music, art, and dance. Child’s Play – Opening up your imagination by seeing through a childlike eye.

     Going Deep: Dreams – Delving into dreams and dreamlike ideas to enhance your stories and scenes. Shadow – Understanding the Jungian Shadow in yourself and your characters. Memory – Sifting through your memories, including those you thought you’d forgotten, to enliven your storytelling.


Note: Content may vary among individual classes.