John Vorhaus

Creativity Rules!: A Writer's Workbook John Vorhaus 1st edition

Beginning or completing any writing project can be highly daunting work. Faced with the often terrifying blank page, many writers find themselves frozen by indecision and doubt. Creativity Rules! addresses these anxieties-and the whole writing process-through an extensive series of engaging exercises that allow the writer to break down a project into a collection of not-so-daunting "tasks" that put the writer directly and quickly into the act of writing. Unlike many current books on the process of writing, Creativity Rules! transcends dry-as-dust formulas or off-in-the-ether philosophies. It's a practical, witty and inviting kick in the pants that helps the writer approach a seemingly unconquerable project with a handy fistful of powerful, proven, nuts-and-bolts writing strategies that encourage creative flights of fancy. From assessing what the writer wishes to accomplish through conceiving, outlining and developing a story, Creativity Rules! provides sound, easily accessed tactics and exercises that are designed to make the act of writing both joyous and pain free. AUTHORBIOJohn Vorhaus is a Los Angeles-based writer and the author of The Comic Toolbox (see our backlist), a popular book on comedy writing. Among his television writing credits are The Wonder Years, The Sentinel, Married...with Children, Viper and The Flash. Among the institutions where he has lectured on writing are Northwestern University, the American Film Institute, UCLA Extension, the BBC and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. His serial novel, World Series of Murder, is currently being published in Poker Digest magazine.