Section 1 – The Creative Mind
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A Model Of The Mind |
Left / right brain thinking |
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Principles Of Brain Based Learning |
The optimal learning environment |
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Reactive And Creative Thinking |
Generating ideas |
Association as a learning device |
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The Mind-Brain Question & Some Helpful Metaphors |
The use of metaphor |
Metacognition – encouraging thinking about thinking |
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Thinking Tools And Tasks |
The `thinking tools` analogy |
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Intelligent Behaviours |
Fields of potential, Multiple Intelligences and `the new 3Rs` |
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Using This Book |
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Scoring Goals |
Planning and plotting |
Goals, targets and strategies |
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Intention – Output – Effect |
Early planning |
Decision making and consideration of consequences (3Rs) |
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Story Summary Templates |
Preview and overview of the story |
The preview-do-review process and the Big Picture |
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Story Organiser |
Early organisation of ideas / incorporating the advice of others |
`Chunking`, time management and prioritisation of tasks |
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Anticipating Outcomes |
Planning |
Strategic flexibility, fixed goals, arranging win-win situations |
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Sleep On It |
Generating ideas |
Preprocessing and the use of nonconscious resources |
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Picture Work |
Visual stimulus for story making |
VAK and multisensory thinking |
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VAK-Splats |
Attention to descriptive details |
VAK and multisensory thinking / nonconscious visual reminders |
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Picture This |
Visual stimulus / key words, themes and motifs |
Peripheral learning devices |
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Pole-Bridging |
Free flow of ideas |
Pole-bridging, self-guiding, the use of nonconscious resources |
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The Without-Trying Game |
Free flow of ideas / separating the generation of ideas from their evaluation |
Self-guiding and the use of nonconscious resources |
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Link-It |
Free flow of ideas / using a 6x6 grid template |
Flexibility of thinking through association / brainstorming |
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Link-It Using Side Bars |
Generation of ideas using a variety of stimuli |
Flexibility of thinking through the use of templates / organisation of initial ideas |
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The Ethos Of Intuition – Diffusions, Downtime and Attention Skills |
The use of nonconscious resources / ultradian rhythms / concentration spans / daydreaming |
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Questioneering |
Exploration of any story element |
Questioning techniques / manipulation and personalisation of information |
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Meaning Making |
Early development of one`s own writing style and `voice` |
Brainscape – Mindscape – Wordscape and the power of language |
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Challenging The Language |
Awareness of language patterns / limiting beliefs in writing |
Metacognition / Metal Model questioning / chellenging limiting beliefs |
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Connective Prompts |
Awareness of language patterns / limiting beliefs in writing / breaking writer`s block |
Metacognition / Metal Model questioning / challenging limiting beliefs |
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Many Endings |
Awareness of multiple options` thinking |
Development of a menu of strategies / exploration of limiting beliefs |
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Menu Of Options |
Exploration of any story element |
Development of a menu of strategies / exploration of limiting beliefs |
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Wordplay |
Exploration of any story element |
Development of a menu of strategies / exploration of limiting beliefs |
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Representing The Knowledge |
Awareness of multiple options` thinking |
True understanding of knowledge / flexibility of strategies for achievement and success |
Section 2 – The Story Process.
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The Story Process |
Personalisation of knowledge |
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Story Overview |
Preview-Do-Review process / inspiration and reflection |
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Top Down : Bottom Up |
Layers and levels in storymaking |
Chunking up and down / flexibility of strategies |
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Outcomes Thinking |
Planning at all levels, from themes to descriptive details |
Thinking across the span and through the layers of a story – a story as a structure for information |
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Blurb It! |
Summary / persuasive and emotive language |
Categorisation of information / templates as structures for the organisation of ideas |
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Keywork |
Analysis of text / identification of key ideas / personal response to text / exploration of ideas through questioning and speculation |
Learning styles and the assimilation of information - `meaning making` |
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Quality Questions |
Exploration of text at all levels |
Questioning as a tool for generating information and analysis of text / selection and prioritisation of information |
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Embedded Questions And Instructions |
Generating ideas at all levels |
Preprocessing / nonconscious learning / elegant structuring of the linguistic environment in the classroom |
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Chunk Me |
Awareness of the `chunk size` and layers within a story |
Chunking as an organisational device / planning / decision making |
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The Tale Unfolds |
Visual mapping of story constituents |
Learning styles / the Big Picture |
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Off The Top Of Your Head |
Generating ideas at all levels |
Brainstorming / association of ideas / VAK / visualisation across the sensory modes |
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Help Me To Write A Story |
Intentionality in writing / planning strategies |
Anticipation of outcomes / success thinking |
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Countdown To A Story |
Intentionality in writing / planning strategies in detail |
Elaboration of Preview-Do-Review process / prioritisation of information |
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Countdown To A Story Circle Time |
Intentionality in writing / planning as group work |
Circle time / development of social skills and the personal intelligences |
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Strategy Cards |
Incorporating ideas into an individual plan |
Prioritisation of information / awareness of strategies / personalisation of ideas / goal setting |
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Countdown Grid |
Story planning |
Incorporating feedback into an individual planning strategy / decision making / development of self-esteem and independence of judgement |
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Reflective Dialogue |
Review of story elements |
Development of self-assessment skills / consolidation of learning / synthesis of information / strategic thinking |
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Get An Attitude! |
All elements |
Affirmations and success thinking / recognition of links between attitude and outcome / target and goal setting |
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What Have I Done? |
Review of writing |
Development of self-assessment skills / understanding and use of feedback / development of self-esteem |
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The Self-Assembling Curry |
Use of metaphor in planning |
Consolidation of thinking tools / balance between conscious and subconscious abilities |
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Consider Your Audience |
Planning with reference to audience |
Development of interpersonal intelligence / visualisation skills / planning and purpose |
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Grading & Assessment |
All elements |
Development of critiquing skills / elegant use of feedback / awareness of `the 5Rs` |
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The Contrast-Comparison Grid |
Review of story elements |
Development of critiquing skills / elegant use of feedback / awareness of VAK in writing |
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Writing Blocks |
All elements |
Awareness of limiting beliefs / development of problem-solving strategies / development of intrapersonal skills |
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Rapport |
All elements – the writer-reader link |
Development of self-esteem and the personal intelligences |
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Tips For Good Practice |
All elements |
Consolidation of the above |
Section 3 – Plotting
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Use Anything! |
Multi-sensory input for generating plots |
Awareness of VAK / development of other learning styles / stream-of-consciousness generation of ideas |
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Dicework |
Random selection of plot elements |
Generation and discrimination of options / purposeful questioning / decision making |
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Spinners |
Random selection of plot elements |
Generation and discrimination of options / purposeful questioning / decision making / circle time group work |
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Maps & Tracks |
Consolidation of ideas about theme, genre, setting and character |
VAK-ability / story mapping as an application of Mind Mappingâ / chunking / purposeful questioning |
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Catch Me! |
Review of information / development of social skills |
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Story Profile |
All elements |
Decision making / evaluation techniques / feedback strategies |
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Hot Buttons |
All elements |
Rapport / linguistic awareness |
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Cliffhanger Cards |
Pace and tension |
Linguistic awareness / analysis of information / anticipation of outcome |
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Keyword Work |
Vocabulary |
Linguistic awareness including VAK details |
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With Good Reason |
Elaboration of ideas at all levels |
Anticipation of outcomes / reflection |
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Predictions |
Elaboration of ideas at all levels |
Anticipation of outcomes / awareness of timeline techniques |
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Time Spans |
Awareness of time in narrative |
Awareness of timeline techniques / awareness of subjective time / development of time management skills |
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The Video Remote Game |
Awareness of time and examination of detail in narrative |
Visualisation skills / awareness of variable point-of-view as a strategy for establishing rapport and understanding |
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Along The Track |
Awareness of narrative structure and pace |
Development of time management and organisational skills |
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Touching Base |
Sub-plotting / character development through time |
Development on interpersonal skills through the analogy of the `life path` |
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Many Endings |
Conclusions / generation of multiple story endings |
Decision making / awareness of multiple options |
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Story Tree |
Generation of multiple options throughout the story |
Decision making / awareness of multiple options as a strategy for the resolution of difficulties / goal and target setting |
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Looking At The Gaps |
Elaboration of any story element / sub plots |
Development of the personal intelligences / speculation as a thinking skill |
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Proof Reading |
Review of text for technical accuracy / editing skills |
Development of concentration / development of technical competence / evaluation of text |
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Connective Prompts Revisited |
Development of plot through character |
Development of empathy and self-knowledge / access to an allowance of subconscious information / practice of group work through circle time |
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The Meanwhile Game |
Narrative overview |
Group work skills / feedback / point-of-view skills |
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Stepping Stars |
First person writing |
Development of empathy / point-of-view / association-dissociation skills |
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Story Circle |
Narrative overview , time spans and pace / self-evaluation of work |
Awareness of the Big Picture / the clock face as an organisational device / time management skills |
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Treasure Mapping |
Review of story elements |
Awareness of metaphor / nonconscious learning / gathering personal resources / modelling behaviour |
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Story Box |
Generation and elaboration of ideas through random stimulus |
Awareness of metaphor / nonconscious learning / gathering personal resources / lateral thinking skills |
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My Favourite Story |
Awareness of story elements |
Awareness of metaphor / gathering personal resources |
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Story Trees Revisited |
Generation of multiple options throughout the story |
Decision making / awareness of multiple options as a strategy for the resolution of difficulties / goal and target setting |
Section 4 – Character
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Getting To Know You |
Basic character profiling |
Awareness of mind-body-emotions link / interpersonal skills |
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Classification Patterns |
Character description using chosen parameters |
Awareness of classification as an organisational device / awareness of flexible strategies for classification / chunking down |
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Character Stew |
Character creation through the use of disparate elements |
Development of observational skills / development of interpersonal skills through the appreciation of uniqueness |
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People Are Like Onions |
In-depth description of character |
Organisation of information / development of interpersonal awareness / neurological levels |
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The World Outside |
Development of character within a context |
Observational and interpretative skills / life review skills / application of neurological levels / awareness of subjective-objective balance |
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The World Inside |
Development of character within a context |
Self-awareness / interpretative skills / life review skills / point-of-view / application of neurological levels / awareness of subjective-objective balance |
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Mini Safari / One Unique Detail |
Observing characters in life |
Observational skills / development of interpersonal skills through appreciation of uniqueness |
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Character Match |
Awareness and refinement of character detail |
Awareness of perceptual filtering |
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Fifty Positive Adjectives |
Characters and emotions |
Development of self-esteem / positive strokes / affirmation |
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Think Bubbles |
Characters and thoughts |
Awareness of facial expression and eye accessing cues / awareness of the dangers of `mind reading` and projection of one`s own impressions |
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Gossip Calypso |
Character development through association and first-person thinking |
Accessing subconscious resources / pole bridging |
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Points Of View |
Development of character through multiple viewpoints |
Perceptual positions / development of empathy / development of association-dissociation skills |
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Old Man Envy |
Development of emotion in characters / character types / personification |
Use of metaphor in the development of emotional resourcefulness / chunking down as a problem-solving techniques |
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The Mind`s Ear |
Character and voice |
Development of auditory awareness and submodalities |
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Opinion Finder |
Narrative overview / subjectivity within characters |
Awareness of distinctions between observation, deduction, speculation and opinion / addressing generalisation, deletion and distortion as perceptual filters |
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Future Diary |
Overview of characters |
Time line work / success thinking / target setting |
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Belief Tree |
Exploration of character through stated beliefs |
Intrapersonal skills / awareness of the subjectivity of belief / belief modification strategies |
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POV Grid |
Exploration of character through differences and similarities |
Interpersonal skills / problem solving through sharing strategies |
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But Why? |
Character motivation |
Development of speculation and POV skills |
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Eyelines |
Character exploration and description through details of eyes and expression |
Development of interpersonal intelligence |
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Getting Into Character |
Character development through association and first-person thinking |
Development of empathy |
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Characters As Guides |
Character types and the metaphorical dimension |
Use of metaphor for gathering subconscious resources / intrapersonal intelligence |
Section 5 – Genre
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What`s In A Name? |
Names of characters / manipulation of names for genre use / pseudonyms |
Development of self-esteem / positive strokes / interpersonal skills / reframing (by renaming!) |
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Title Match |
Titles as story-starters / focussing devices |
Reframing / interpretative skills |
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Word Maker |
Meanings of words and phrases / etymology / compound words and phrases |
Reframing / understanding the `Wordscape` / awareness of links between language, thoughts and neurology |
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The Scribe`s Road |
Wordplay / etymology / compound words and phrases |
Reframing / understanding the `Wordscape` / awareness of links between language, thoughts and neurology |
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Wordbuilder |
Links between fiction and `real` knowledge / research |
Understanding the interconnectedness of knowledge / transference of skills across subject boundaries |
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The Landscape Of Genre |
Sub-genre / metaphor |
Use of metaphor / chunking down / the Big Picture |
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Genre Overlap |
Sub-genre / the links between genres |
Reframing / lateral thinking skills / (nonconscious) understanding of the transference of creative writing techniques to real-life situations |
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Structure & Function |
Internal consistency of created worlds |
Awareness of inter-subject links / development of deductive reasoning skills |
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Literal And Metaphorical Functions |
Internal consistency of created worlds / story motifs as symbolic representations |
Use of metaphor / interpersonal skills |
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Lensing |
Making the most of an idea / inter-genre links |
Perceptual positions / strategic thinking / understanding the flexibility of strategies |
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Themes & Motifs |
Understanding the `layeredness` of stories / generation and development of ideas |
(Nonconscious) understanding of themes and motifs in real life / development of the personal intelligences |
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Practice Miscellany |
Consolidation of the above |
Consolidation of the above |
Section 6 – Flexible Text Formats
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Flexible Text Formats |
Layout / dialogue / visual (film) format / redrafting |
Strategies for skills development / visualisation / preview-review process / preprocessing |
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The Story So Far |
Story summary |
Preprocessing / peripheral-subliminal learning techniques |
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Font Styles & Point Sizes |
Layout / on-screen composition / font styles and `mood` |
Preprocessing / peripheral-subliminal learning techniques |
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Elaborating Text |
Appreciation of a story / review |
Preprocessing / nonconscious learning and development of understanding |
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Subliminals, Peripherals & Nonconscious Learning |
Insights into the creative process |
Subliminals, Peripherals & Nonconscious Learning |
Section 7 – The Inner World Of The Writer
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Writing Rituals |
Preparing to write / a resourceful state of mind |
Positive anchoring techniques / VAK |
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Six Big Important Questions |
Self-evaluation / a sense of purpose / greater control over the writing environment |
Independence of judgement / review skills / development of self-awareness / feedback |
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The Confidence To Write |
Self-evaluation / engineering a positive approach to writing / greater control over the writing environment |
Independence of judgement / review skills / development of self-awareness / feedback / neurological levels / emotional intelligence / anchoring techniques |
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Power Reverie |
Visualisation skills / the active use of imagination |
Meta-thinking – awareness of and control over the conscious point-of-attention |
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Spiderweb Daydreaming |
Visualisation skills / the active use of imagination / planning strategies |
Meta-thinking – awareness of and control over the conscious point-of-attention / target- and goal-setting strategy |
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Writing The Wrong |
Writing blocks and strategies for overcoming them |
Strategic thinking skills / `meta writing` - writing about the writing process / use of metaphor and allegory to explore issues |
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Spin-A-Yarn |
Planning and preparation using a web template |
Strategic thinking skills / goal setting |
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Be An Expert |
Detailed exploration of areas of a story |
Development of interpersonal skills / strategies to develop knowhow, authority and mastery within a context |
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Icon Annotations |
Evaluation and analysis of text / distinction between fact and opinion |
VAK / developing an awareness of thinking skills / developing an awareness of subjective - objective statements |
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High On A Hill |
Use of landscape metaphor for influencing attitude / development of confidence |
Use of landscape metaphor for influencing attitude / development of confidence |
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Motifs & Meanings |
Awareness of the multilayered meanings of stories / metaphor / allegory / personalising story content |
`Meaning-making` / metaphor / allegory / personalising story content |
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Story Symbol |
Consolidation of personal meanings in stories |
Anchoring / metaphor / allegory / personalising story content |
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How Am I? |
The therapeutic value of writing |
Development of self-awareness / decision making and problem solving skills / chunking / feedback / strategies for working in a group |
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Uniquely Me |
Awareness of connections between roles, relationships and attributes in characters |
Development of self-esteem and interpersonal skills / awareness of connections between roles, relationships and attributes in characters |
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Today`s Dare |
Development of self-confidence and resourcefulness in writing |
Framing techniques for resourceful states |
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The Write Attitude |
Consolidation of above |
Consolidation of above |
Section 8 – Visualisation
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Teaching Alpha |
All elements |
Awareness of brain waves and corresponding mental-emotional states / accessing the Alpha state of relaxed alertness |
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Safe Havens |
All elements |
Accessing the Alpha state / positive anchoring within a visualisation |
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Walk With Me Along The Path |
All elements |
Awareness of prompted, guided and scripted visualisation / using a `seedthought` stimulus for visualisation |
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Gathering Treasures |
All elements |
Using visualisation to develop `The New 3Rs` |
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A Trip Around Town |
Settings |
Training for concentration and the direction of the conscious point-of-attention / VAK and submodalities |
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The Music Man |
All elements |
VAK / using auditory input to enrich visualisations / using the Alpha state for free writing |
Section 9 – Storytelling
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The World Of The Story |
All elements |
Confidence and self-esteem / intra- and inter-personal intelligence |
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