Is It Possible To Access Unlimited Creativity?

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What if you could access unlimited creativity? That's the dream for us novelists, after all, isn't it? I've been reading a few books where the authors claim they've unlocked the secret to getting rid of writer's block forever. While I'm intentional about reading with a skeptical mind, the concepts in these books really speak to me. The concepts are also backed up with what I know about the quantum as well. I can't ignore the fact that these things are coming into my life at the same time. So while I remain dubious of the woo woo that has been surfacing within my hunt, there has to be something to these various claims made by various authors encompassing many walks of life.

Regarding The Quantum And Differing Plaines Of Conciousness

What does quantum mechanics have to do with creativity? If you know anything about quantum physics, it probably has something to do with the world being multidimensional, and if you're anything like me, the rest is a little confusing. Some of what I've looked into suggests that creativity comes from a higher power, or a higher knowledge, or a higher self that communicates with us from a different plane of existence. So does the key to endless creativity come from a different plane of existence that we need to learn to access somehow? Maybe. Or maybe all these different planes of consciousness are different mindsets instead? I'll let you decide that for yourselves.

Common Themes Across The Books. Is It Quantum Or Is It Brain Power?

Whether it was Writing On The Intuitive Side Of The Brain talking about accessing the 'Imaginal Realm' or Creative Rush: A New Way To Connect To An Endless Source Of Creativity and Overcome Your Inner Critic talking about the 'Knowing Self', even Heart Soul Pen and Deep Freewriting all agree. The key lies in silencing the inner critic. As Beth Kempton puts it in The Way Of The Fearless Writer, "Writing in service to the writing".

Is there much of a difference between accessing a creative being on a different plane and bypassing our inner critic to hear our own internal voice? Shockingly, no. The methods are largely the same.

Bypassing Our Inner Critic And Accessing...Wherever It Is Our Creativity Comes From

Down to the meat and potatoes already! How do we get rid of that G*d D**n writers block and make it our B**ch? First of all, we all need to understand that there may be some inner work that needs to happen. If anything overly emotional comes up, make sure you have a good support system in place to help you through it. I had some work to do myself to understand some of these concepts, let me tell you.

At the risk of repeating myself, I believe Beth Kempton said it best. Write in service to the writing. Give up control and trust yourself to write whatever it is that needs to be written. Whether you gain that confidence through therapy or through writing morning pages, the result will be uniquely yours. However, you get there, give up worry and control over the ending and write purely for the joy of the process.

Part Of All This That Still Has Me Scratching My Head

A big part of this theory on creativity is letting the moment dictate what you write. Almost like a stream of consciousness, or writing purely by the associative process. My biggest question is, if the subconscious is taking the wheel, how does anything actually get done? How are we supposed to finish our novel, or anything else we're writing, when there is absolutely no telling what our pen is going to produce when we put it to paper?

Stay tuned; I plan to find out.