THE ART OF IS
A critically acclaimed musician and teacher presents a guide to the dynamics of improvisation
A critically acclaimed musician and teacher presents a guide to the dynamics of improvisation
An indispensable checklist for writers of all types that overrides anxiety and overwhelm with a straightforward list of winning to-dos
Helps readers experience a self-fueling and lifelong pattern of creativity in any field of endeavor
This book offers real-world-tested techniques that can benefit all sorts of businesses, giving practical, focused advice that's still playful and passionate.
Coaching the Artist Within is the first book to explain the techniques that creativity coaches use to help their clients survive and thrive in the arts.
How can I become more disciplined? How do I know if I’m talented? Should I self-publish? These are just a few of the questions addressed in this delightfully different guide.
This book's step-by-step exercises, illustrated strategies, and inspiring real-world examples will show you how to liberate your thinking and literally expand your imagination.
A 40th anniversary edition of the seven-million-copies-sold classic that helped launch the contemporary self-help movement
In Fast Fiction, veteran “fast-drafter” Denise Jaden shows other writers how to do what she did, step-by-step, writer to writer.
How to know you’ve got it — even when you think you don’t — so that you can find, feel, and flaunt your total self
Practical how-to’s for getting it done, no matter what “it” is
Sam Bennett explains why “procrastination is genius in disguise” and then prescribes dozens of revelatory exercises, each of which requires only a fifteen-minute commitment.
A guide to harnessing the deep power of the imagination for creativity, healing, and personal growth
Like a workout with a top trainer, Barbara Abercrombie's writing exercises warm up, stretch, and build creative muscle, helping us "kick in" our personal walls.
The Life Organizer aims to help you shift your focus, augmenting traditional goal setting with the ease that comes from steady inner listening and mindfulness.
Though “creative anxiety” can cripple creators for decades, even lifetimes, Eric Maisel has learned what sets successful creators apart.
A preeminent creativity coach, therapist, and acclaimed author shows how and why to implement a daily practice — the single most crucial element of success
In the tradition of classics such as Stephen King’s On Writing and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, a book that teaches while it entertains and inspires
Fast and effective ways to improve writing for success at work or school
A master of getting things done shares how anyone and everyone can reach their creative goals no matter what
A straight-talking comic shares the easy-to-do-right-now steps that led her from dreaming to doing
A hit-the-ground-running approach to formulating rock-solid story ideas, before beginning to write
A step-by-step guide to stages of writing designed to heal our stages of grief
In this powerful book, Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of re-creating a sacred common ground for each other's stories.
A four-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story — and why doing so matters
One of the world’s foremost writing teachers invites readers on a joyful journey into the reading and origins of haiku
Inspiring life lessons learned by a novelist and writing teacher over ten years of teaching weekly classes on journaling to the inmates at her local county jail
How anyone can — and why everyone should — write poetry to explore, express, transform, and love his or her life
This revised edition presents a spiritual approach to writing for beginners and seasoned authors, with numerous exercises to get you writing.
Even the most dedicated and experienced writers need what Bennett provides: a fresh, fun, surefire place to start.
Use creative journaling to heal your past, claim your present, and transform your future.
Writing Wild is a unique and beautiful guide to aligning personal creative energy with that of the natural world.