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    Four Steps to Being a More Creative You: Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives
    Four Steps to Being a More Creative You: Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives
    Four Steps to Being a More Creative You: Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives
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    Four Steps to Being a More Creative You: Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives

    By Yvonne Kohano and Y J Kohano

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    Writers, artists, musicians – we all complain about the same thing. We never have enough time to create. But what if you could train yourself to be creative, no matter what the circumstances, and create on cue? What if the creative life you only dream about is actually in reach, no matter how much or how little time you can now devote to it?

    This book was written with one intention in mind, inspiring you to tap into your inner muse and turn out something creative, something that tickles your imagination. You already know you want to be creative, more creative than you already are. It’s the step between knowing and doing where many of us fall off the cliff and never recover.

    Utilizing the creative learning technique of mind-mapping to document your journey, you will design your best creative life. Visualization, tearing down barriers, and filling your creative reserves guide you to productive strategies. Simple instructions make the process of moving from imagining to implementing easy. Open these pages and become a more creative you!

    About the GOOSE YOUR MUSE Tips for Creatives Series: Building blocks for your best creative self! Being creative can be the ultimate joy – or a disappointing challenge. What if you could eliminate the painful parts, like running the business side or running out of ideas? This series is designed for creatives types in any field, with advice on keeping the fun in our daily creatives lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKochanowski Enterprises/Nanokas Press
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781940738109
    Four Steps to Being a More Creative You: Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives

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      Four Steps to Being a More Creative You - Yvonne Kohano

      FOUR STEPS

      TO BEING A

      MORE CREATIVE

      YOU

      Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives Series

      Y J Kohano

      Nanokas Press

      A Division of Kochanowski Enterprises

      Copyright © 2016

      FOUR STEPS TO BEING A MORE CREATIVE YOU

      Goose Your Muse Tips for Creatives Series

      Copyright © 2016 by Y J Kohano

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author.

      Nanokas Press/KE Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      Kochanowski Enterprises/Nanokas Press

      PO Box 1274

      Clackamas, OR 97015-9594

      www.yvonnekohano.com

      yvonne@yvonnekohano.com

      www.gooseyourmuse.com

      Cover design: John Kochanowski

      ISBN:

      978-1-940738-10-9 (e)

      978-1-940738-11-6 (sc)

      Nanokas Press First Edition: 09-06-2016

      Contents

      WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK

      WHERE DOES CREATIVITY COME FROM?

      CREATIVE RHYTHM

      SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

      JOURNEYING

      BEGINNING OUR JOURNEY

      STEP 1 – VISUALIZE YOUR BEST CREATIVE LIFE

      DRAW THE PICTURE

      Map Your Dream

      Your Map of Creative Life

      Goose Your Thinking

      Exercise 1: Your Mind-map

      MAPPING AH-HAS

      Interpreting a Map

      Ask the Lottery Question

      Still Struggling?

      STEP 1 ON YOUR JOURNEY

      STEP 2 – ASK YOURSELF ‘WHY NOT?’

      THE TIME DEMON

      EDUCATION AND SKILL

      BAN SELF-DOUBT

      INFLEXIBILITIES

      Exercise 2: Your Honest Self-Assessment

      STEP 2 ON YOUR JOURNEY

      STEP 3 – FILL YOUR CREATIVE WELL

      BUSY LITTLE THINGS

      MULTITASKING MYTH

      NURTURING

      BENEFITS OF REFILL

      TAPPING THE WELL

      Idea Journals

      Visioning

      Change Habits

      Inspirational Resources

      Wide-Eyed Child

      Exercise 3: Filling Your Creative Well

      STEP 3 ON YOUR JOURNEY

      STEP 4 – EMPLOY PRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES

      STOP SIGNS

      What’s Critical?

      Some Assistance Required

      Reality Check

      DETOURS

      Shortcut Temptation

      Time Required

      Patience

      Organized to Work

      Time Schedules

      MISSED TURNS

      Misdirected Energy

      Vague Directions

      Changing Course

      GUIDEPOSTS

      Expert Wisdom

      Mimicry

      Instructions

      No One Way

      Exercise 4: Strategies to be Creative

      STEP 4 ON YOUR JOURNEY

      How to Implement Your Creative Life

      OR

      How to Climb the Mountain Daily

      PREPARATION AND PERSPIRATION

      Positive Self-Talk

      Turn Off Distractions

      Flexibility

      Set Your Creativity as a Major Priority

      Also by Y J Kohano/Yvonne Kohano

      About the Author

      WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK

      FOUR STEPS TO BEING A MORE CREATIVE YOU was written with one intention, to inspire you to collaborate with your inner muse and turn out something you’ve dreamed about, something creative. If you’ve selected this book, it’s because you know you want to be creative. Maybe you already listen to your muse, but you know you can do more. It’s the step between knowing and doing where many of us fall off the creativity cliff and struggle to recover.

      I’ll be the first to tell you that being creative over the long term in any medium isn’t for the faint of heart. I have spurts of writing time when the torrent of ideas flow so quickly, my fingers can’t keep up and I swear smoke wafts off the keyboard. On other days, I stare at the blinking cursor because, despite a surplus of directions I could go, nothing seems to fit.

      Writers, artists, musicians – we all complain about the same thing. We never have enough time to create, time when the muse is our cheerleader, egging us on to produce something worthy of our best efforts.

      But what if you could train yourself to be creative, no matter what the circumstances? What if you could create on cue and make the most of whatever opportunities you have?

      Cue the angels singing ‘Halleluiah’!

      This book traces creative processes I’ve learned from productive inspirations in various fields, and from my own experience. But this book isn’t about me, or even about all of them.

      It’s about YOU.

      Ready to be more creative? Read on!

      WHERE DOES CREATIVITY COME FROM?

      Oh, you were born that way.

      To be creative, I have to work one certain way.

      You’re just lucky, because you can…

      Reasons – or excuses? I won’t judge, since I’ve heard them all and probably used each of them until I figured myself out. From these examples and many more I’m sure you can add, it’s clear we set up our personal roadblocks to success without even realizing we’re doing so. Here are some examples.

      A writer friend says that the only way she can work is in total silence. I mean, complete and total, absolute silence. She has a set of what I can only call earmuffs strictly for this purpose. (She calls them noise-cancelling coverage, but they are fuzzy on the outside.) They look a little strange in the middle of a hot summer day, but they work for her. While she wears them, she can be productive. Take them away, and she is unable to conjure a single word, distracted by any bright shiny things around her.

      Another writer must have his playlist. He spends countless hours crafting THE PERFECT selection of songs he believes most accurately reflect the mood he wants to achieve in his story. He then plays it in a continuous loop, day in and day out, as he writes. If for some reason he has no way to play the music, his pen shakes over the page as he writes nothing.

      The sequence of notes needs to be superb, without a single beat out of tune, according to one musician. His work must be flawless from the first note he creates, or his effort is worthless. His anxiety to create performance-ready songs without need for revision means he produces very slowly and very little. What he does write he often throws aside, frustrated when it requires more work. He calls his muse a fickle friend, appearing only rarely and then at inconvenient times.

      An artist carries his paints with him everywhere. They have long

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