Discover TOTAL WRITING, the innovative method grounded in the latest scientific and transdisciplinary research on creativity. This complete edition offers a contemporary approach that awakens the natural potential living within all of us.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND:An accessible method for beginners and experienced writers alike
Exercises that awaken your natural creativity
Narrative techniques drawn from Literary Journalism and storytelling
"Teachers' Corner" sections designed for educators
Tools for memoirs, biographies, essays, chronicles, profiles, academic writing, corporate texts, poetry, fiction, and more
WHO IT'S FOR:
Ideal for authors, communicators, students, educators, professionals and leaders whose work centers on human connection, creative writing instructors, and anyone with a story to tell or an insight to share.
THE ESSENCE OF THE METHOD
Writing can flow with the spontaneity of a river. TOTAL WRITING clears the path to your inner wellspring of lived experiences, memories, perceptions, and imagination. It releases the creative currents that a misguided approach to learning may have dammed up.
The method shows you how to develop different kinds of texts while learning to connect with your authentic voice, break through creative blocks, structure compelling narratives, and forge deep bonds with your readers.
CULTURAL LEGACY
TOTAL WRITING draws from the rich cultural universe of Latin American and Brazilian fiction, as well as from the international tradition of Literary Journalism, weaving in the wisdom of masters such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Eliane Brum, Alma Guillermoprieto, Tom Wolfe, Fernando Morais, Gay Talese, George Orwell, and many more.
TRANSFORMATION AND CONSCIOUSNESS
This book aligns with emerging conceptual frameworks that are driving a global transformation. It moves beyond the false divides between reason and emotion, science and spirituality, offering an integrative approach where different ways of knowing converge.
Creative writing plays an essential role in the development of human consciousness and our evolution as a species. It goes far beyond technique - encompassing therapeutic applications, the recovery of ancestral wisdom, academic research, and effective corporate communication.
YOUR CALL TO ADVENTURE
Do you have a story to tell? A memory to pass on? An insight to share? If you want to experience the joy of creating and offering it to the world, this book is for you.
Accept the Call to Adventure and embark on your Hero's or Heroine's Journey. The power of writing can blossom within you as a liberating flame of creative joy, revealing the extraordinary path of transformation that pulses through every narrative that reaches the world from the depths of your mind, heart, and soul.
