Harnessing Creativity: How to Tell Your Story

By Corinda Pitts Marsh Ph.D.

Harnessing and exercising your creativity is challenging at best and impossible at worst. Most of us have a story to tell and some of us have many stories, but how can we tell them so that other people will want to read them? There is no one standard way to do that, but there are some hints that might help. I took so many classes to learn my trade, I can't even count them, but I didn't learn how to write until I actually did it. All my attempts haven't been successful, but all of them have taught me something. This is the 22nd book I have published, so I will share the lessons I have learned on that journey. My books cover a wide range of genres, and I have found that the rules are the same for all of them. Good writing follows certain paths whether it is historical fiction, documentary, or romantic fiction. Find your voice and use it. Harness your creativity, organize it, train it, and take it for a ride. This book is a brief training guide, not a list of concrete rules. Writing has NO RULES, just guidelines. Those who tell you THE RULES haven't actually exercised their creativity. Learn to harness your creativity, organize it, and put it to work. "Buzzards in a Cedar Tree," one of my short stories, and In Hell's Eye , one of my novels, are included as examples of how I tell my stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D99TMFLM
• ISBN13: 9798329909395
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 302 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"