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Ep. 588: 6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

Helping Writers Become Authors

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Dream Zoning - The Art of Storytelling

One of my favorite exercises is one i've discussed before. I call it dream zoning. And basically it's daydreaming on steroids. Make a date with yourself to sit down, zone out and intensely focus on imagining your story. You're not logically creating a plot or solving problems. Rather, you're visiting that same place in your brain where you go to daydream,. Where pictures and ideas arise spontaneously. For me, semi darkness and music is helpful for tapping into that place. Suggestion number five, let your subconscious write more of the story than you're conscious. Even if you need to stop and check your map every now and then, focus on the lived experience of dreaming the

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