Posts Tagged ‘alignment’

7 Simple Ways to Recharge Your Creative Soul

artistic_flower_pattern_and_painting_1002Writing a book for publication is a real commitment of time and energy which demands your focus for weeks, months and sometimes years. The sparks of enthusiasm which are present at the beginning of the process when your ideas are fresh and your motivation is strong show up on the page in a positive way.

The challenge for many writers is to maintain the momentum at this level of creative expression right through to completion.

For some it is a question of avoiding the many distractions which take you off in other directions entirely. For others, commitments to ‘everyday life’ activities can lead to losing touch with those first creative sparks, and as a result, the writing grinds to a halt.

One of the most important ingredients for completing long term creative projects successfully is to recharge your creative soul on a regular basis to ensure you always have access to your original impulse to keep you moving forwards.

So here are 7 simple ways you can recharge your creative soul to maintain the momentum with writing your book:

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IACCW Member Event: How to Inspire Your Creative Writing with Buddhist Wisdom

Julia McCutchen interviews Joseph Sestito JosephSestito

Thursday 6th May at
16:00 BST / 11:00 EST

Writing and living are at their best when you are in the present moment, living with intensity and exuberance.

Yet, to a greater or lesser degree, most of us are caught in the grips of what the Buddhist traditions call the “Four Worldly Addictions”. Learning how to break free from their grip reduces your suffering, and liberates your creativity and happiness.

Blending contemporary insights from psychotherapy with ancient insights from Eastern and Western Philosophy, Joseph Sestito will show you how to unlock your creativity to apply to your writing as well as to your relationships and to your in life in general.

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How to Survive the Emotional Roller Coaster of Writing a Book

rollercoasterWriting a book is a ’whole person’ journey. This means that all aspects of ourselves are involved in the process – physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. 

When these are in harmonious alignment, the well of inspiration overflows with ideas, the words meet the page effortlessly and rewarding connections are made with publishers and readers.

Yet maintaining this state of being ‘in the zone’ isn’t always easy and the reality is that the path to publication involves finding a way through many different challenges.

One of the most challenging aspects of writing a book for publication is the emotional roller coaster we discover ourselves to be on.

And there are times when we wonder why nobody told us quite how hard the whole creative process can feel sometimes!

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Mind Your Mindset for Successful Authorship

Idea_manBeing aware of your mindset and how it either helps or hinders your progress as a writer is fundamental to your success as an author.

Many people understand a mindset to be ‘a collection of thought processes which are characteristic to an individual or a group’ (Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus).

However, there is an important missing ingredient from this definition.

Mindset is not just about your thoughts, it is also very much about your emotions.

So what you think is crucial but what you feel is even more significant when it comes to writing a book for publication, and indeed with everything you do in life.

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