By Cyci Cade
Do you want to write a
book but don´t have any idea how to develop the story? Or have you already
started it but, suddenly, the ideas disappeared and you don´t know how to
finish it? Maybe you think that it happens to everybody; after all, who had
never problems to write a chapter? It may be true, but the question is, how to
solve this problem? I tried some things and they helped me very much.
I won´t talk about
reading books, watching movies, looking pictures related to the work you´re
doing or observing people and places, traveling… because these tips everybody
knows. They help a lot, but sometimes, it´s necessary something else.
1- Imagine yourself in
the place of the character – Close your eyes and imagine yourself facing the
same problem; then, ask, “what would I do, say, feel in this specific
situation? How would I feel?” When you have the answer, then type the ideas.
After that, it´s much easier to turn those ideas in a chapter full of emotion,
action, or whatever is the intention of the chapter.
2- Eliminate all
negativity – Negative beliefs, feelings, and emotions block creativity. I´ve used
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to get rid of all negativity and it´s
impressive the way my creativity improved. Ideas just appear in my mind and
it´s easy to accomplish all my tasks, to execute them.
3- Write in the morning
– It´s proved that from 8:00 to 12:00 a.m. is the best time of the day for
test-review, problem-solving, report-writing, and math-oriented work. It
happens because there are two types of memory, declarative and semantic –
differently throughout the day. In the morning, our ability to recall exact
details, like names, places, dates… is bigger, it´s working the declarative
memory. In the afternoon, predominates the semantic memory and we have more
ability for tasks like to integrate new information with what we already know.
4- Meditation – It
diminishes anxiety and stress that are negative emotions and block creativity.
It improves memory and increases the gray matter in the brain that contains
most of the brain´s neuronal cell bodies. The gray matter also includes regions
of the brain involved in sensory perception such as seeing, hearing, memory,
decision making… To experience the benefits of meditation, it´s necessary
regular practice, just a few minutes a day or a week.
Well, this is it. Just
four tips will help you to improve your creativity and keep ideas flowing
easily.
The results will appear soon, and, with the practice, it´ll become
natural. Try for a month and see the results. If it works for me, it´ll work
for you.
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Cyci Cade is the author
of Dragon´s Curse the first book of the series Dragon Princes.
She is a Brazilian writer and started her career writing articles for
magazines, newspapers, and blogs. She has books published in Brazil and she
accepted a new challenge recently, to start an international career. She writes
urban fantasy and fiction novels for young-adults. When she´s not
writing, she´s in the gym. She can be found: www.cycicade.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/cycicade http://www.goodreads.com/cycicade https://www.wattpad.com/user/cycicade
