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Write What You Don't Know
Welcome to the Imaginative Storm
Get Stormy (3:35)
How Can You Write What You Don't Know? (5:49)
Get Acquainted with Your Voice (4:09)
Turn Your Inner Critic into Your Inner Coach (4:13)
Write By Hand (6:10)
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Session 1: Spin the Kaleidoscope of Your Mind
Session 1 Intro: Invite your imagination to play (1:57)
Prompt: A Provocative Image (18:22)
Prompt: Other People's Words (22:00)
Prompt: "I Don't Remember ..." (18:20)
Session 1 Recap (1:25)
Surf the Storm: Harvest Words Anywhere (2:35)
Imaginative Insight #1
Audio: "Write Playfully" (5:59)
Session 2: Let Rip
Session 2 Intro: The value of ranting (2:17)
Seed the Storm: Little White Lies (6:05)
Prompt: "I Effing Hate ..." (21:32)
The James List: Unexpected Loves (7:53)
Prompt: "I Effing Love ..." (12:36)
Surf the Storm: Go Big or Go Home (1:10)
Imaginative Insight #2
Audio: "Write Without Trying" (7:08)
Session 3: Common Senses
Session 3 Intro: Feel It on Your Pulse (4:30)
Seed the Storm: Sensing Without Sight (13:22)
Prompt: Emotion in the Body (15:19)
The James List: Sounds You Love (7:27)
Prompt: Activate Your Nondominant Senses (20:26)
Surf the Storm: The Vibes of a Place (2:23)
Imaginative Insight #3
Audio: "Write Without Criticism" (5:55)
Session 4: Go There
Session 4 Intro: Location, location, location (6:30)
Seed the Storm: Emotional Details of a Place (17:46)
Prompt: The Negative Space (17:43)
The James List: Objects with a Personality (10:33)
Prompt: Infuse a Setting with Story (13:23)
Surf the Storm: Tune In to Your Environment (6:05)
Imaginative Insight #4
Audio: "Write What You Don't Know" (7:42)
Session 5: Elemental Alchemy
Session 5 Intro: The natural world (2:33)
Seed the Storm: "Everything Is ..." (10:27)
Prompt: At One with an Element (12:44)
The James List: Irrepressible Nature (6:56)
Prompt: The Forces that Made It (17:58)
Surf the Storm: Metaphorical Elements (2:04)
Imaginative Insight #5
Audio: "Write with Curiosity" (10:35)
Session 6: Socialese
Session 6 Intro: The social world (2:33)
Seed the Storm: Eating Together (10:23)
Prompt: Initiation into a Tribe (16:52)
The James List: Social Customs You Love (7:58)
Prompt: A Defining Word or Catchphrase (13:50)
Surf the Storm: The Rules (2:10)
Imaginative Insight #6
Audio: "Write Without Attachment" (7:32)
Session 7: Tender Spots
Session 7 Intro: Revealing character (6:40)
Seed the Storm: Dressing Up (10:57)
Prompt: An Unattractive Physical Characteristic (15:30)
The James List: Soothing Tender Spots (12:02)
Prompt: Empathy with a Villain (14:09)
Surf the Storm: Animal Avatars (5:41)
Imaginative Insight #7
Audio: "Write Without Censorship" (6:27)
Session 8: Take Yourself Back
Session 8 Intro: Writing memoir (4:00)
Seed the Storm: Roles (8:49)
Prompt: Take Yourself Back (17:26)
The James List: Times You Were in the Wrong (12:42)
Prompt: The Need that Drives You (14:42)
Surf the Storm: Your Own Tender Spots (3:32)
Imaginative Insight #8
Audio: "Write with Courage" (8:33)
Session 9: There's No Story If Nothing Changes
Session 9 Intro: Creating a narrative (1:12)
Seed the Storm: Sources of Energy (10:40)
Prompt: Troublesome Technology (13:39)
The James List: Hard Choices (6:57)
Prompt: The Desire Line (13:44)
Surf the Storm: The Disturbance of an Equilibrium (3:25)
Imaginative Insight #9
Audio: "Write in Safety" (6:23)
Session 10: The Oxymoronic Inversion
Session 10 Intro: Contradictions and clashes (1:24)
Seed the Storm: How Needy Are You? (8:15)
Prompt: Oppositions (13:18)
The James List: Shibboleths (7:46)
Prompt: The Magnetic Paradox (12:59)
Surf the Storm: One Last Lunch (3:45)
Session 11: Write On
Write On: Take the Imaginative Storm into your future (13:01)
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Prompt Archive
Other People's Words (4:26)
"I Don't Remember" (6:12)
"I Effing Hate . . ." (4:16)
"I Effing Love . . ." (6:53)
Emotion in the Body (6:21)
Activate Your Nondominant Senses (7:20)
The Negative Space (6:32)
Infuse a Setting with Story (5:07)
"Everything Is . . ." (3:20)
At One with an Element (7:22)
The Forces that Made It (8:09)
Eating Together (4:15)
Initiation into a Tribe (10:53)
A Defining Word or Catchphrase (8:42)
Dressing Up (6:06)
An Unattractive Physical Characteristic (5:14)
Empathy with a Villain (8:22)
Roles (5:14)
Take Yourself Back (9:03)
The Need that Drives You (11:42)
Sources of Energy (4:48)
Troublesome Technology (11:29)
The Desire Line (6:59)
How Needy Are You? (3:59)
Oppositions (5:16)
The Magnetic Paradox (10:53)
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Surf the Storm: Metaphorical Elements
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