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Here’s Why You Need To Use Creative Writing Prompts
Writer's Block, Creativity, Writing prompts Lauren Davison Writer's Block, Creativity, Writing prompts Lauren Davison

Here’s Why You Need To Use Creative Writing Prompts

This week on the blog Lauren shares her personal experience of why using writing prompts is so important and how it can help transform your writing…

The real question is why not try creative writing prompts? You can gain so much from them and there is absolutely nothing to lose. They can be a really fruitful source of creativity. They help ignite our imagination and unlock ideas. In other words, use them as your creative fuel.

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Why Creativity Is The Most Important Skill In The World
Writer's Mindset, Writer's Block, Creativity Laura Stroud Writer's Mindset, Writer's Block, Creativity Laura Stroud

Why Creativity Is The Most Important Skill In The World

Once we can know and believe that creativity is a skill, we can then understand and harness our ability to increase and develop our creativity. We can see it as a learnt behaviour, something we can improve in. This provides ownership and can empower us. You can become more creative. At Derbyshire Writing School we believe creativity is a skill, it can be taught and practised, and you can become ‘better’ the more you exercise your creativity muscle

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