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ISBN:9781319511333
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Habits of the Creative Mind is not your typical textbook. With a focus on exploration, curiosity, and creativity in thinking and writing, this book will help you develop the habits you need to become a better writer. If you want to be more thoughtful, reflective and mindful as a writer, this is the book for you.
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Preface
ONE: Orienting
On Habits
On Unlearning
On a Space of Your Own
TWO: Paying Attention
On Learning to See
On Looking and Looking Again
On Paying Attention to Words
THREE: Questioning
On Asking Good Questions
On Writing to a Question
On Question-Driven Writing
FOUR: Exploring
On Going Down the Rabbit Hole
On Creative Reading
On Choosing Your Own Adventure
FIVE: Connecting
On the Three Most Important Words in the English Language
On Joining the Conversation
On Working with the Words of Others
SIX: Reflecting
On Seeing as a Writer
On Reading as a Writer
On Reading in Slow Motion
SEVEN: Persisting
On Encountering Difficulty
On Learning from Failure
On Thinking Unthinkable Thoughts
EIGHT: Rethinking
On Letting Go of Writing-by-Formula
On Structure
On Revising
NINE: Wondering
On Argument as Journey
On Imagining Alternatives
On Complexity
TEN: Playing
On Laughter
On Bending Conventions
On the Joys of Pseudonymous Writing
Readings
Frederick Douglass, The Woman’s Cause
Eula Biss, Excerpt from On Immunity: An Inoculation
Cathy Park Hong, Bad English
Andrew Leland, DeafBlind Communities May Be Creating a New Language of Touch
Jia Tolentino, Can Motherhood Be a Form of Rebellion?
Jesmyn Ward, Cracking the Code