Word of the Day Practice helps you create at will, become more productive, acquiring self-acceptance while permanently upgrading your writing.
Word of the Day Practice helps you create at will, become more productive, acquiring self-acceptance while permanently upgrading your writing.
Authorship, Composition & creative writing, Creativity
Offering a unique creativity-and-time-management technique, Word of the Day is a practice that assists writers to create at will, write as much as they want, and acquire accurate self-acknowledgement in the process. The practice immediately connects writers with their innate storytelling ability as reflected in their dreams. The techniques synthesize the right and left sides of the brain so that writers can draw upon the entirety of their creative tools, fusing the verbal and visual mind, unleashing structural instincts and creativity, allowing them to dance together. Writers are asked to put a notebook by their bed so they can write first thing in the morning when they wake up and just before bedtime. Studies have shown that our most creative moments happen immediately upon waking and just before falling asleep. Writing adjacent to these moments, even briefly, gives writers access to their unlimited imagination, powerful tools of imagery, and the full scope of their memory.
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I actually had that happen to me where worlds collided. I have a part-time job in real estate, and my goal for this job is to increase the rankings of the various agents. It's really difficult and tedious and takes a while. And I put down that I was going to get someone's ranking up to the highest level that day, which wasn't on the radar at all. And it happened. It was miraculous and shocking. I started a little bit later. It wasn't a full two weeks, but things started to just dovetail and streamlined to where I wanted them. You see the before and after, like where things went off and even sometimes the pitfalls you just can't really avoid. So, you have to know to work around it. But definitely the scripted day started becoming closer and closer to reality, like in baby steps. ~ Liz, Word of the Day Webinar Student
Feeling uneasy and anxious about world events has been affecting my work and personal life. One morning, I picked up my journal and the Word of the Day I chose was UNCERTAINTY. From this word 29 flowed all kinds of negative words. But toward the end, my mindset began to change. Out of anxiety, anger, and frustration, new thoughts emerged, including new ideas; I learned to move out of my comfort zone, innovation, and opportunity. Now I am finding new ways to organize my time, increase my productivity, and focus more outward and not inward—and all from finding that the emotions and challenges from Uncertainty can be channeled into positive action and growth. ~ Beth, Word of the Day Webinar Student
Marilyn's classes are upfront and personal.... She seems to understand each of her students’ artistic direction and supports them with that knowledge. Her word of the day formula for storytelling is effective not only for figuring out one's writing, but for life's direction, too. ~ Nancy, Word of the Day Webinar Student
The Word of the Day Practice … helps to clarify and distill my thinking; it encourages me to be willing to voice what I really want (e.g., shift items from my “dreams” to my “goals/objectives”), and it brings up interesting connections I wouldn't have previously considered, necessarily … And finally, it is interesting to look back over the daily scripts and see the form they take over the span of several days/weeks. Thank you for sharing the information about the Big Apple Film Festival. I entered it after I saw it in your email, and my screenplay was a quarter finalist ~ Amy, Word of the Day Webinar Student
When I began using the word-a-day clustering process, I didn’t know where it would lead me. Perhaps it would open some creative portal in my brain that I hadn’t been able to access before. Soon I realized that word clustering could be used purposefully. When I was stuck at some plot point, clustering helped me think more freely about other possible paths. When I needed to understand the complexities of a character, clustering helped me understand what belonged and didn’t belong to that character. For a novice screenwriter like myself, who works alone, not in a formal writers’ room, word clustering became an invaluable tool. Recently, when I revised my first script so I could write the words THE END with confidence, I found that the clustering process helped me like a spiritual muse. And when I was finally done with that script, the clustering process didn’t clamor for attention. I understood that this spiritual muse is resting until I’m ready to call on it again. ~ Debra, Word of the Day Webinar Student
Marilyn is the queen of simplicity. Oh, writing is never simple and life doesn't go on autopilot once you hear her take on it, yet it will be something you won't want to forget or lose. Now that could be said of her classic “4 Magic Questions of Screenwriting,” in WOTD she actually does simplify a process. It's a thinking tool, and I, even as her techniques' most undisciplined user, can testify to getting clues, unraveling deadlocks, and trusting oneself when an idea seems to disconnect. ~ Sandeep, Word of the Day Webinar Student
Marilyn Horowitz and her “Word of the Day: Transform Your Writing in 15 Minutes a Day” method have an intensity, brilliance, and originality that are disarming and delightful. They seed the conditions for trust, creativity, and great finished work to emerge. When Marilyn tells you you’re a writer, do your voice and the world a favor. Believe her. ~ Lisa, Word of the Day Webinar Student
