The Five-Minute Writer

This book will inspire you to write - even if you have only a few minutes a day to spare. Each chapter offers you a writing-related discussion, followed by a five-minute exercise. Five minutes a day spent on an exercise is one of the most effective methods there is to expand your potential and develop self-discipline. The book will help you to: develop a reliable and enjoyable writing routine; access your inner self - the personal memories that reflect universal patterns of the overall human 'story'; recognise your life as an inexhaustible source of story ideas; stimulate creative thought `on demand`; develop whole-brain techniques for 'stepping outside the box'; understand the nature of fiction and what it requires of you; and, remove writing blocks. Just pick a page and begin your writer's journey. CONTENTS: 1. The power of ritual 2. What are you waiting for? 3. Playing tag 4. 101 uses for... 5. What makes you happy? 6. No time to write? 7. Your child's eye 8. Turning points 9. If fate hands you a rattlesnake... 10. Rewriting cliches 11. The name of the game 12. Stains into stories 13. Unfinished sentences 14. Fill in the blanks 15. Time after time 16. Truly sumptuous 17. Last line triggers 18. What if? 19. Gimme the money 20. Writing with colour 21. Public places, private memories 22. The backstory 23. Character whisperer 24. Take a chance 25. Two-faced characters 26. Change your life 27. Crack the shell 28. Who's calling, please? 29. 250 words on something 30. Turn your worst moments into money 31. The 3-mountain solution 32. Repulsive characters 33. No to crocodile tears 34. Daisy chain stories 35. The cafe of life 36. It's in the bag 37. The taste of success 38. Choice & consequence 39. What do you care about? 40. Beautiful words 41. Not-so-beautiful words 42. Plunge-in beginnings 43. Writing with titles 44. Visual dialogue 45. Write a story in 5 mins 46. Satisfying endings 47. 'Thin' characters 48. Please insert address 49. How does it feel? 50. Food for thought 51. What do you do for a living? 52. All part of a system 53. What do you want..? 54. Opposition and meaning 55. The age of epiphany 56. Setting as character.

Softcover. English. How to Books. 2006. ISBN: 9781845281571. 181 pp. Good. Book No: 61082