Cracking Creativity

Cracking Creativity

Author: Michael Michalko

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2011-04-13

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0307790363

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From the bestselling author of Thinkertoys, this follow up brings innovative creative thinking techniques within reach, giving you the tools to tackle everyday challenges in new ways. Internationally renowned business creativity expert, Michael Michalko will show you how creative people think—and how to put their secrets to work for you in business and in your personal life. You don't have to be a genius to solve problems like one. Michalko researched and analyzed hundreds of history's greatest thinkers across disciplines—from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso—to bring the best of their techniques together and to teach you how to apply them in your own life. Cracking Creativity is filled with exercises and anecdotes that will soon have you looking at problems and seeing many different solutions.


Cracking Creative Writing

Cracking Creative Writing

Author: David Horner

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780857478313

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100+ activities to inspire children to write creatively and independently: to be in charge of their own creative writing process. Writing doesnʼt have to be a chore, it can be a source of pleasure and success and quick! This book proves it!


The INFJ Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type

The INFJ Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type

Author: Lauren Sapala

Publisher: Lauren Sapala

Published: 2016-05-09

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0692702121

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After years of coaching writers who struggled with procrastination issues, high sensitivity to criticism, and crippling self doubt, Lauren Sapala realized that almost every one of her clients was an INFJ or INFP. Using the insights gleaned from these clients, as well as her own personal story, Sapala shows us how the experience of the intuitive writer can be radically different from the norm. INFJ writers don’t think like anyone else, and their highly creative brains take a toll on them that they rarely share with the outside world. The INFJ Writer discusses such topics as: How an INFJ writer’s physical health is tied to their creative output Why INFJ writers are more likely to fall prey to addictions When an INFJ writer should use their natural psychic ability to do their best creative work Whether looking to start writing again or to finish the novel/memoir they started so long ago, any writer with the self-awareness to identify themselves as highly sensitive and intuitive will benefit from this book that helps them to find their own magic, and to finally use it to build the creative life that actually works for them.


The Glass Puzzle

The Glass Puzzle

Author: Christine Brodien-Jones

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2013-07-09

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0307979938

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Eleven-year-old Zoé Badger, imaginative, carefree and adventurous, lives a transient life, moving with her mother from one town to the next—except for summers, when she stays with her granddad in Tenby, Wales. But when she and her cousin Ian discover a glass puzzle that's been hidden away for decades, ancient forces are unleashed that threaten to change their safe-haven summer town in sinister ways.


Cracking Open the Author's Craft (Revised)

Cracking Open the Author's Craft (Revised)

Author: Lester Laminack

Publisher: Theory & Practice

Published: 2016-07-29

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781338134520

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15 ready-to-use mini-lessons introduce students to techniques and literary elements they can use to craft their own writing. On the companion website, the author explains how writers work with both audible and visual craft.


The Industry of Human Happiness

The Industry of Human Happiness

Author: James Hall

Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books

Published: 2018-05-24

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1785630814

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A tale of love, murder and obsession in the early days of recorded sound. Set in the murky backstage world of late Victorian theatreland, The Industry of Human Happiness is about the obsessive characters who dreamed of bringing recorded music to the masses. Max and his younger cousin Rusty have a vision of launching the gramophone industry from a Covent Garden basement. But a renowned opera singer is brutally murdered in his hotel bed and they are thrust into the underworld of opium dens, brothels and extortion. Ghosts from the past and a contested inheritance turn the cousins against each other, and they go head-to-head to launch rival talking machines. With Max's sweetheart, the ambitious singer Delilah Green, caught in the middle, the pair battle rival manufacturers, London theatre owners and, ultimately, each other, for their very futures. This is a story of obsession, the pursuit of love and the enduring magic of music.


Duck Sock Hop

Duck Sock Hop

Author: Jane Kohuth

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1101647264

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A rollicking, rhyming read-aloud that will knock your socks off! Warm-up, wiggle, stretch your beak. Duck Sock Hop comes once a week! The mood is high, the sun is low, the music starts, get ready, go! In this tongue-twisting, toe-tapping picture book, ducks grab socks from a big sock box and head on down to the duck sock hop. In socks with stripes and socks with spots, socks with squares and socks with dots, these brightly, boldly illustrated ducks dance until their socks go rip; and ducks teeter, tumble, twist, and trip. But not to worry; in this preschool-perfect read-aloud, when one sock hop ends, the countdown to the next one begins. So, prepare for a feel-good, giggle-inducing read.


If You Want to Write

If You Want to Write

Author: Brenda Ueland

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1627932011

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Brenda Ueland was a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write, that everyone is talented, original, and has something important to say. In this book she explains how find that spark that will make you a great writer. Carl Sandburg called this book the best book ever written about how to write. Join the millions of others who've found inspiration and unlocked their own talent.


Hit Lit

Hit Lit

Author: James W. Hall

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0812970950

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DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies—including The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jaws. From tempting glimpses inside secret societies, such as submariners in The Hunt for Red October, and Opus Dei in The Da Vinci Code, to vivid representations of the American Dream and its opposite—the American Nightmare—in novels like The Firm and The Dead Zone, Hall identifies the common features of mega-bestsellers. Including fascinating and little-known facts about some of the most beloved books of the last century, Hit Lit is a must-read for fiction lovers and aspiring writers alike, and makes us think anew about why we love the books we love.


Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children's Guide to Writing

Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children's Guide to Writing

Author: Andy Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781406396621

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A side-splitting and informative guide to creative writing by author/illustrator comedic duo Andy and Olaf, jam-packed with lashings of monster-inspired fun. Unleash your creative monster and write stories to inspire, amaze and awe your friends. With top tips on getting your story started, learn essential skills for storytellers in this brilliant guide to writing. Give your descriptions claws, add a little bite to your writing and feed your monster inspiration with over 50 writing prompts and exercises.