Whether these books are old friends or new acquaintances, savor the ideas included in this book flight the way you might enjoy a flight of chocolate or fine cheese. How might slowing down and sampling a range of ideas in relation to one another reveal new insight?
THE HERO IS YOU
Kendra Levin
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Perspective on the Creative Journey * Inviting Exercises * Encouragement
A LINGERING NOTE:
“When you have a passion for writing that compels you to create, you live in a constant state of rigorous exploration. Each project begins a new adventure and a new opportunity to push your boundaries, and discover hidden layers of riches inside you.”
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A PROBLEM
Kobi Yamada
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Whimsy * Narrative that Echoes Life * Growth Mindset
A LINGERING NOTE:
“When I got face to face with it, I discovered something. My problem wasn’t what I thought it was. I discovered it had something beautiful inside.”
THE WAND IN THE WORD
edited by Leonard S. Marcus
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Conversations with Fantasy Writers * View of Deeper Layers in Story * Magic
A LINGERING NOTE:
“Fantasy allows you to step outside our world and look at it with a bit of perspective. It can take something in our world , for instance ‘identity,’ which has only an abstract reality, and it can make it palpable…Corinna thinks she’s a Folk Keeper but she’s really a seal maiden…There’s a connection between the inner story—the story of who she is—and the outer story—the story of her physical identity.” – Frannie Billingsley
TOGETHER:
An invitation to see life’s ups and downs as part of what makes the story memorable and meaningful.
I’M LEFT CONSIDERING:
How might I keep the inner story, the one that reveals the hidden layer of riches inside me, more visible? How might I lean into the beauty inside my challenges, elevating everyday experiences so that I feel their true value more fully in real time rather than only in hindsight?
