Welcome back to a special edition of The Writer Files called “The Best of the Writer s Brain,” a series neuroscientist Michael Grybko and I started in 2015 where I enlisted his help to give us a tour of the inner workings of the writer’s process.
Q: Have you ever wondered how prolific writers summon vast stores of creativity without breaking a sweat?
As we take a short Summer hiatus to book new guests for the upcoming season, I thought I d put all of these enlightening episodes in one place, starting here …
In Part One of the series I invited my friend, research scientist Michael Grybko — of the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington — to come on the show and help pinpoint where exactly in the brain creativity lives.
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In this file Michael Grybko and I discuss:
How science is expanding our definition of creativity
Why memory plays such a big part in writing
Where creative ideas come from
Whether or not you can teach an old writer new tricks
Why staying curious is so important to creativity
How prolific writers are like pro athletes
Why the adage “write what you know” is sound advice
The Show Notes:
This Is Your Brain on Writing
8 Strange Rituals of Productive Writers
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The Best of ‘The Writer’s Brain’ Part One: Creativity | The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
