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Listen "5.3b 'Creating an Intentional Creative Practice' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Eleanor Cheetham"
Episode Synopsis
In this prompt, I introduce you to the Intentional Creativity workbook that I've created inspired by my chat with Eleanor. You can download the workbook via my Substack newsletter - https://promptedbynature.substack.com - by visiting my website www.promptedbynature.co.uk where you can find the link.
Let me know how you get on and what you create if you use it.
Helen x
@prompted.by.nature
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*From the introduction of the workbook*
Welcome to this short Intentional Creativity workbook. This book accompanies episode 5.3a of the Prompted by Nature podcast and is inspired by the conversation I had with writer and facilitator, Eleanor Cheetham, In our conversation, Eleanor spoke about the part that embracing a more intentional creative practice has played in her work.
If you are a regular listener, you'll know that I usually create more specific writing prompts for each conversation but for this one, I wanted to do something more tangible that you could use in your creative life.
How to use this Workbook
Similar to the 30-Day Writing Prompt Project Workbook I created last year, this book can be started at any point.I've designed it so that it runs for 8 weeks, roughly the period of time between a fire festival, like Yule, to a cross-quarter festival, like Imbolc, but you can increase or decrease this timescale as works for you and your life.
The main idea is that you are creating a cycle of creativity with one or two creative projects in mind and a focus of mind that lasts for the length of that cycle, after which you'll take a break or work on your creativity in a more unstructured way.
A few things to consider:
Be realistic about your end goal and the amount of time you can dedicate to this each day/week. Every day will be different so move and flow with your time and the demands on it so that you are enjyoing this process rather than turning it into yet another item on life's to-do list!
If the more structured approach that I discuss in the episode doesn't work for you, feel free to adapt the daily planning sheets so that they do; everyone works differently and you know yourself the best.
There is an invitation to have two 'rest and reflect' weeks, one in week 4 and in week 8. These are to give yourself space to look at where you are and make any necessary adjustments. Perhaps you could use the final week to look ahead at what you might do with this piece of work, write that pitch email, or turn it into something bigger as and when you are ready for another cycle of creativity.
Enjoy the workbook. I hope it helps you to create something you can feel proud of and maybe even share with others!
Let me know how you get on and what you create if you use it.
Helen x
@prompted.by.nature
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*From the introduction of the workbook*
Welcome to this short Intentional Creativity workbook. This book accompanies episode 5.3a of the Prompted by Nature podcast and is inspired by the conversation I had with writer and facilitator, Eleanor Cheetham, In our conversation, Eleanor spoke about the part that embracing a more intentional creative practice has played in her work.
If you are a regular listener, you'll know that I usually create more specific writing prompts for each conversation but for this one, I wanted to do something more tangible that you could use in your creative life.
How to use this Workbook
Similar to the 30-Day Writing Prompt Project Workbook I created last year, this book can be started at any point.I've designed it so that it runs for 8 weeks, roughly the period of time between a fire festival, like Yule, to a cross-quarter festival, like Imbolc, but you can increase or decrease this timescale as works for you and your life.
The main idea is that you are creating a cycle of creativity with one or two creative projects in mind and a focus of mind that lasts for the length of that cycle, after which you'll take a break or work on your creativity in a more unstructured way.
A few things to consider:
Be realistic about your end goal and the amount of time you can dedicate to this each day/week. Every day will be different so move and flow with your time and the demands on it so that you are enjyoing this process rather than turning it into yet another item on life's to-do list!
If the more structured approach that I discuss in the episode doesn't work for you, feel free to adapt the daily planning sheets so that they do; everyone works differently and you know yourself the best.
There is an invitation to have two 'rest and reflect' weeks, one in week 4 and in week 8. These are to give yourself space to look at where you are and make any necessary adjustments. Perhaps you could use the final week to look ahead at what you might do with this piece of work, write that pitch email, or turn it into something bigger as and when you are ready for another cycle of creativity.
Enjoy the workbook. I hope it helps you to create something you can feel proud of and maybe even share with others!
More episodes of the podcast Prompted by Nature
6.6 Shortlisted and Grateful (Solo ep.)
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6.4a Marchelle Farrell: 'Uprooting'
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6.2b Creativity as a Tool for Resistance: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Katherine May
16/06/2023
6.2a Katherine May: Creating Enchantment
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6.1b Sifting through the Shards: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Victoria Bennett
07/06/2023
6.1 Victoria Bennett, 'All My Wild Mothers'
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