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Fire Up Your Writing Brain (3)
by Susan Reynolds
Fire Up Your Writing Brain
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Your Writing Brain Can Do For You
It’s All in the Wiring
Mapping the Human Connectome
What Your Brain Can Do For You
Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis
Getting Down to Brain Facts
How It Affects Your Writing
How Your Brain Writes
The Role Handwriting Plays
The Role Cognition Plays
The Role Conceptual Networks Play
The Perils of Multitasking
Take Care of Your Brain's Health
Phase One: Prepping Your Writing Brain
Chapter 2: Awaken Your Writing Brain
It Requires Devotion
It Begins With a Love for Language
Do You Have an Affinity for Writing?
Why Writers Write
Why Writers Create in a Certain Medium
Understanding the Gender Component
Understanding the Emotional Component
Why Do You Write?
Writers on Craft
Chapter 3: Identify Your Writing Brain
What’s Your Choice Method of Storytelling?
Are You This Way or That Way?
What’s Your Preferred Genre?
Are You an Inventor, a Master, or a Diluter?
Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog?
Are You a Top or a Bottom Brain?
Are You a Plotter or a Pantser?
Are You a Basher or a Swooper?
Are You a Macro or a Micro?
What Kind of Writing Brain Do You Have?
Writers on Craft
Phase Two: Your Idea-Generating Brain
Chapter 4: Reinforce Your Writing Brain
Read Things Similar to What You Want to Write
Read Things the Opposite of What You Want to Write
Practice Divergent Thinking
Read Books That Make You Think About Writing
Read a Novel to Stimulate Brain Connectivity
Develop Your Craft
Analyze Successful Writing
Find the Metaphor
Practice, Practice, Practice … and Then Practice Some More
Study How Other Writers Approach Writing
Listen to Other Writers
Build a Better Template
Writers on Craft
Chapter 5: Jumpstart Your Writing Brain
Summoning Your Brain’s Ingenuity
Clarify Your Intentions
Choose a Topic That Excites You
Brainstorm Ideas: Give Your Brain Free Rein
Brainstorm the Width and Breadth of Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay, Etc.
Use Brainstorming to Narrow Down Specifics
Writers on Craft
Phase Three: Your Brain at the Beginning
Chapter 6: Nurture Your Writing Brain
Purposefully Invite Your Brain Into Your Writing Space
What is This Work Really About?
Write Detailed Character Bios, Specify Each Character’s Arc
Create a Detailed Plotline and/or Outline
Visualize Characters, Scenes, Settings in Motion
Create an Organizational System That Fits Your Writing Brain
Maximize Your Brain’s Organizational Skills
Create a Concrete, Flexible Game Plan for Completion
Create Specific, Attainable Goals for Getting Underway
When it Comes to Goals, Start Small
The Joys and Perils of Word Counts
Consider Your Brain Programmed
Writers on Craft
Chapter 7: Fire Up Your Writing Brain
Create the Best Setting to Write
Create the Best Environment
Clear Brain Space for Writing
Enter With Intention
Use Meditation to Fire Up Your Neuronal Network
Meditation’s Long-Term Benefits
Make Writing a Meditation
Employ Mindfulness to Improve Your Focus
Use Music to Fire Up Your Writing Brain
Use Music to Reinforce Motivation
Mine the Complexity in Music
Try Symphonic Writing
Time to Write
Time for Your Editor to Depart
Writers on Craft
Phase Four: Your Brain in the Middle
Chapter 8: Fuel Your Writing Brain
Selectively Focus Your Attention
Get Into the Habit of Writing
Work Up the Grit to Achieve Mastery
Create the Mindset to Write
Envision Yourself a Writing Superhero
When Writing, Practice Active Sitting
Foster the Flow That Comes When Writing Goes Well
Avoid the Opposite of Flow
Bring Back the Flow
Focus on Something Else for a While
Why Your Brain Responds to Art
Find Other Ways to Stimulate Creativity
Writers on Craft
Chapter 9: Refresh Your Writing Brain
You’ve Lost Your Way
Your Passion Has Waned
You Need a Muse
You’ve Spent Too Much Time Alone
Your Expectations Are Too High
You’re Creating Your Own Anxiety
You Are Burned Out
You’re Too Distracted
Your Brain Has Shut Down
Pamper Your Writing Brain
Writers on Craft
Chapter 10: Sustain Your Writing Brain
Bolster Motivation
Brainstorm on Where to Go
Review Your Plot
Look at the Broad Strokes
Inspire Your Writing Brain
Get Moral Support
Get Back to Work
Recharge Your Batteries, as Needed
Writers on Craft
Phase Five: Your Brain at the End
Chapter 11: Reward Your Writing Brain
Visualize Yourself as Someone Who Finishes
Print Out Your Manuscript
Recognize and Reward Yourself
Plan the Big Celebration
Write It Wrong if You Must, Just Write It
When Your First Draft is Complete, Celebrate!
Save the Editing for Another Day
Writers on Craft
Phase Six: Your Editing Brain
Chapter 12: Call in Your Executive Brain
Time for the Editor’s Cap
View the Work More Objectively
Conduct a Macro-Edit: Focus on the Work as a Whole
Proceed From a Macro- to a Micro-Edit
Refine and Rewrite Scenes
Refine and Rewrite Dialogue
Using Proven Neuroscience to Review, Refine, and Rewrite
Rewrite, Rewrite, Rewrite
Gear Up for Marketing
Writers on Craft
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