Writing Open the Mind - by Andy Couturier (Paperback)

About the Book

A how-to-write book that helps the writer tap the creative spark by getting past the conscious mind to the inner artist.

Book Synopsis

Learn incredibly powerful techniques for tapping into your subconscious while composing prose to transform and enhance your creative writing abilities.

Powerful writing comes naturally when your mind is energized and experimental, when it can take risks and follow the unexpected. Use the techniques in this book to jump-start your creativity, learn new tricks and expand your writing repertoire.

- Use the surrealist technique of "automatic writing"
- Play with archetypal imagery from the Tarot
- Learn from the resonances of the body
- Write in diverse voices and styles
- Connect with the luminous natural world
- Scramble word sequences to break the habit of making "sense" in a linear way.

Writing Open the Mind is a rollicking guide that opens dozens of gateways to the subconscious world. Whether you are writing for publication or for personal pleasure, the practical tools and liberating philosophy found in this book will release the genius of the intuitive mind.

Review Quotes

"...wholly inspiring, effervescent, and wonderful." -- Catherine Newman, author of Waiting for Birdy

"By far the most interesting and provocative book on the creative process I've read in many years." -- Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn

About the Author

Andy Couturier, MA, is an essayist, a poet and a professionally trained writing teacher. He has written for newspapers, magazines and literary journals including Adbusters, Creative Non-Fiction, The Japan Times, The North American Review, Fiber Arts, InvAsian Journal, and others. A recent essay was just nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and a new work has just appeared in an anthology of ecological writings put out by MIT Press, Writing the Future. He has taught writing at Cal. State University, Hayward, and is currently on the faculty of JFK University. He is currently researching how intuitive collage in writing can lead to new states of consciousness. Follow these links to read an essay by the instructor which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize Selling Indulgence in Corporate Japan, and an essay on writing Using Intuitive Collage to Tell The Story of Your Life.