{"id":165,"date":"2018-10-08T23:55:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T22:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/?p=165"},"modified":"2019-04-17T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T22:11:50","slug":"165-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/165-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Creative Writer&#8217;s Habits for Training the Mind!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/making-notes-as-a-writer\/the-write-resources-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources-762x400.jpg 762w, https:\/\/denverharrington.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-write-resources.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Creativity and The Writer\u2019s Habits<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering about being a writer, or you\u2019re asking the question \u2013 <em>hey, is this really for me?<\/em> The answer is most likely \u2013 No! Stop reading if you agree, make a cup of tea, rethink your career. If you\u2019re still reading, that\u2019s a good thing. And speaking of reading, do you find yourself wondering \u2013 <em>yeah but, will I have to read much? I like writing I\u2019m just too busy to read.<\/em> I can assure you that you\u2019ll be doing a hell of a lot of reading and analysing other authors for their craft and command of their prose.<\/p>\n<p>This may seem obvious, but I came across a forum once where this question was asked and I honestly couldn\u2019t believe my eyes. I believe this partly comes from our instant-gratification-demands but, I\u2019ll return to that shortly. First, the habits.<\/p>\n<p>For me, writing is a compulsion, an urge akin to stretching in the morning. Its habitual, whether or not one makes a professional career doing it is down to the grit and persistence one puts into their profession \u2013 but the writing itself, if you\u2019re a writer, is a breeze. A writer is never going to stop writing, regardless of the quality of their craft (sometimes that\u2019s a mixed bag of bad, ok and great).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PART 1 \u2013Tapping into The Unconscious Mind \u2013 10 Good Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an idea in writing that the unconscious mind is the source of inspiration. There doesn\u2019t need to be a lot of arguments put forth to dispute that. In our daily routine, when we\u2019re ironing or pinching a loaf, we might happen across a sudden inspirational moment as our mind drifts and riffles through its multitude of synaptic sparks. In that moment, keep the thought and make a note of it. I used to do this in school, mainly to stop my brain from dying (remember kids, schooling is 70% discipline, education is <em>your<\/em> responsibility! Be smart and own it! The future needs you.)<\/p>\n<p>Dream diaries are a good idea. I would recommend this to anybody anyway, simply as a fun thing to do to keep your memory healthy. Sometimes it spawns great ideas that you\u2019ll come back to and build upon regarding scenes and stories. Time and freedom are wonderful gifts. Learn to seek them out, especially if you\u2019re a busy person. Analyse your schedule and find those gaps to read, write and let your mind wonder. Our imagination is limitless \u2013 but it\u2019s also heavily influenced by media. How many tabs do you have open? If you\u2019re anything like me your browser is complaining and buffering constantly. We are overloaded \u2013 never has humanity been so exposed to multi-media and mass amounts of information. The brain is cooked with it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>ALSO \u2013 an important tip, learn to pull away from your computer. A lot of studies show that information overload and screen-time is detrimental for creativity and daydreaming. Make time for it and protect your mind. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where and when have you room to now be imaginative? Where\u2019s the space for inspiration to emerge spontaneously? Ever heard of <em>Einstein\u2019s Golden Year?<\/em> In 1905, a twenty-six year old Einstein was working at a patenting office and was able to complete the main duties of his responsibilities and workload in a short amount of time. This opened up the rest of his workday to pretend to be busy while he was in fact busy daydreaming and asking questions about gravity and such.<\/p>\n<p>Daydreaming is absolutely essential to creativity. Don\u2019t let anybody knock it out of you! This is the absolute kernel at the centre of imagination \u2013 testing what we know and playing with it.<\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how the mind forges new ideas by <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lFpKkrvZfNk\">bending, breaking or blending existing ideas<\/a>. Tapping into unconscious habits of doing this needs to be somewhat trained and a dream diary is one aspect of that. (How often have you woke with a profound thought that you believed at the time was some deep insight, only to then realise it has slipped away less than a minute later because you stubbornly told yourself you wouldn\u2019t forget such profound thing and didn\u2019t write it down? \u2013 Just me? Hopefully not). Nevertheless, writing it down taps into that unconscious aspect.<\/p>\n<p>A good way of clearing the mind or training it for inspiration is to take long walks in the forest of local green lands. Hop on a bus or train and make sure your phone is off. Look out the window. Observe interactions with people \u2013 eavesdrop a conversation. Understand your surroundings and the people within it, it\u2019s great for building characters and getting a sense of authentic interractions.<\/p>\n<p>In Dorothea Brande\u2019s <em>Becoming a Writer, <\/em>believes a writer falls into a very light state of hypnosis when \u2018fusing and welding\u2019 their vision into an integrated work. Her recommendations are to hold something tangible, like a ball, focus on the object as a refined word in order to <em>silence the chattering conscious mind. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fine if it works for you. Personally, I meditate. Not a lot, 30 minutes to an hour two-to-three times a week. Honestly, you\u2019ll only need 10-15 minutes and it is a great start! It helps and it resets the clutter. There\u2019s a lot of guided meditation apps apparently, though I prefer an old-school approach of meditating to the sounds of Tibetan Water Bowls.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively you can try Stephen King\u2019s substance stimulation approach. Writing a cocaine fueled alcohol induced desk-bound type-a-thon is one way to do it, but neither I, nor I believe Stephen King would fully recommend it. It doesn\u2019t yield best results and although a touch of spirits and a line of blow can be inspirational in the short-term, it\u2019s no way to set the foundations of your career if you want to build on it. (To be clear \u2013 again, this is somewhat personal to the writer and depends on who you are so, we\u2019re not in church here folks, I\u2019m not judging if it works for you and I&#8217;m guilty of these occasional habits as well.)<\/p>\n<p>However, here&#8217;s what Stephen King himself had to say about it:<\/p>\n<p><em>Tommyknockers is a forties-style science fiction tale in which the writer-heroine discovers and alien space-craft buried in the ground. The crew is still on-board(\u2026) hibernating. These alien creatures got into your head(\u2026) What you got was the energy and kind of superficial intelligence (the writer, Bobbi Anderson, creates a telepathic type-writer and an atomic hot-water heater, among other things). What you gave up in exchange was your soul. I think it was the best metaphor for drugs and alcohol my tired, over-stressed mind could come up with. \u00a0(King, On Writing, A Memoir of The Craft.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a slippery slope that can get you into trouble fast, so if you&#8217;re going to try going all gonzo, take heed. Also, if you haven\u2019t read King\u2019s memoir I suggest you get a copy and get to it. It\u2019s a wonderful read which is charming, delightfully amusing and insightful educational for would-be writers.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Writing guru, Natalie Goldburg states: <em>Wild Mind:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Let yourself live in something that is already rightfully yours \u2013 your own wild mind\u2026this is all about loss of control. Can you do this? Lost control and let the wild mind take over? It is the best way to write. (Goldburg, Wild Mind.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help but think of that scene from <em>The Sixth Sense<\/em> where Cole is asked to do an automatic writing exercise in order to examin the state of his unconscious mind. What comes out, of course, is the violent whispers of ghosts, negative, abusive and hostile words and other such things that make the scene undeniably creepy.<\/p>\n<p>Well, fear not the words dear writer. Doesn\u2019t matter what comes out \u2013 the process is all about warming up the synpases. Be free, daring and unmitigated. And if your feel shameful about your post-automatic-writing exercise you can always toss it in the bin or burn it. Nobody\u2019s judging.<\/p>\n<p>So, to recap tapping into the unconscious mind &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Read some fiction and stick to it!<\/li>\n<li>Educate yourself \u2013 be curious about facts and questions<\/li>\n<li>Daydream \u2013 record your dreams, fold your screens!<\/li>\n<li>Ideas \u2013 bending, blending and breaking.<\/li>\n<li>Walks, buses, trains<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t find time for something \u2013 Make time for it!<\/li>\n<li>Meditation \u2013 I am promoting healthy mind<\/li>\n<li>Stimulation \u2013 I\u2019m not selling drugs!<\/li>\n<li>Free-flowing stream-of-consciousness or automatic-writing exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Grit \u2013 sticking to your goal and being stubborn about it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This last one, number 10) brings us back round to our drives and desire. Patience and persistence is key to these initial habits. We are a culture of consumer access and it has engendered a behaviour of instant gratification. Actually, without getting too liberal-arts and sanctimonious, a number of studies regarding mental health are symptomatic of a consumer society that is so pervasive it affects even our dreams and suppresses our imagination. I can remember a personal account of this when I was working in a bean factory. I was on a twelve-hour shift and somebody handed me a spoon and stationed me above a vibrating conveyor belt of jumping, steaming, cooked beans. My job was to scoop out the odd, black, roasted bean, it was thirty-minutes on, thirty-minutes off. I used to read during my half-hour break and try to stay awake during my half-hour bean scooping. After my work, I would go to bed exhausted and dream of bouncing beans. I could see them just shutting my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>So \u2013 we have to push through the mire and find that Golden Egg laying Goose. Most people give up if results don\u2019t come in the first ten seconds. What makes or breaks a person depends on their grit and persistence. So give it some spunk and try out these habits.<\/p>\n<p>In Part 2, I&#8217;ll discuss utilising the conscious mind. Not obvious, in fact what that really means. But don&#8217;t hurt your head dwelling on that circular tit-bit, instead, here&#8217;s a writer&#8217;s exercise for you:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Finish The Following Story: &#8211;<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Behind the old door was a tree stump, an axe wedged handle up in the air.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity and The Writer\u2019s Habits If you are wondering about being a writer, or you\u2019re asking the question \u2013 hey, is this really for me? The answer is most likely \u2013 No! Stop reading if you agree, make a cup of tea, rethink your career. If you\u2019re still reading, that\u2019s a good thing. 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