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| CREATIVITY
RULES! |
| A
Writer’s Workbook |
John
Vorhaus, with a Foreword by Jeff Arch, screenwriter,
Sleepless in Seattle
271 pages, 6x9, 1-879505-50-9, $15.95 paper
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“Energetic
and accessible.
Vorhaus guides and nurtures with fun, snappy exercises
that are designed to open up any writer to the joys
and possibilities of creative writing.”
—
Linda Seger, author, Making a Good Script Great and Making
a Good Writer Great
“Why John Vorhaus—his book, anyway—is
a lot like Costco:
1. There are more things inside than you could possibly
need;
2. The thing you need, they have;
3. It’s a bargain.”
— Jeff Arch, screenwriter, Sleepless in Seattle
“ Vorhaus is a fountain of ideas. This book will make
you one too.”
— Robert Masello, author, A Friend in the Business
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There is a
gap between the writers we are and the writers we want
to be. Creativity Rules! helps close that gap with
a lively examination of the creative process and an
engaging set of exercises designed to shake you free
of the doldrums and quickly plunge you into the act
of writing.
• Make creative choices with confidence
• Improve access to your own ideas
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Conquer writer’s block forever
• Invent all the plots and characters you need
• Generate stories and themes quickly
• Develop the daily practice of writing
Thoroughly practical, witty, and inviting, Creativity
Rules! gives writers powerful strategies for exploiting
creativity’s treasures. Be the writer you desire
to be. Anything is possible when Creativity Rules!
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John Vorhaus’ writing
credits include episodes of The Wonder Years, Head
of the Class, and Married…With Children.
He has taught writing at the UCLA Extension Writers Program,
the American Film Institute, and the Australian Film,
Television and Radio School. Before turning to comedy
writing, Vorhaus worked as an advertising copywriter
and a folk musician. His comic essays have appeared in
the Los Angeles Times and other publications. |
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