Pencil Dancing: New Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit

by Mari Messer

Pencil Dancing offers writers fresh, useable information to inspire creative confidence, overcome blocks and tame their inner critics. They'll discover fun, yet effective ways to achieve satisfying creative expression and enrich their daily lives, approaching creativity from the point of view of a "dance" between conscious and unconscious, left and right brain, creator and critic, logic and creativity. This book is divided into fifty short chapters, presented as if by an encouraging teacher or coach standing close at hand. Readers will find prompts, field trip activities, vivid imagery and methods that allow them to get out of their usual creative modes, helping them to conquer writer's block and other creative difficulties. This book is perfect for not only writers, but anyone who wants to become more creative!

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Art

281 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Abby Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm horrible at reading self help books. Just horrible. I do hope to finish this some day, but for now I'm going to move it to unfinished cause ours not even sitting in my like of books I'm currently reading.

[Lindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely provides ways to free the creative spirit within you. AWESOME ideas for use in group settings.

[Dr. Kaaren Douglas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Might be helpful for writers feeling stuck. It has exercises that would be useful for a writing group.

[Carina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why are the most beautiful books usually so boring? Rhetorical question.

[Jeanne McElvaney · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic personal journey for growing your creativity!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

available at Chester County library. Exercises and concepts to expand creativity.

[Stephanie Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It was so insightful and thought provoking. Brought creativity to a whole new level.

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually haven't read the whole thing but need to return to the library. Good stuff for the Creativity class though...

[Jai Rahim · Rating 2 out of 5]

As an intermediate level artist, I didn't find anything personally useful in this book.

[Johna Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book about tapping into your creative self. I have read many of these kinds of books and this is the one I love. I got a library copy, and I have just ordered a copy for myself.

[Kimm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, what a creativity inspiring book. If you're in a rut, this is a great place to start.