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by Emily K. Neuburger (Author)
Do you want to keep a journal but don't know where to start? Get inspired with 60 interactive writing prompts and craft how-tos to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity.
Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story. It's the perfect companion to all those blank books and an ideal launchpad to explore creative self-expression and develop an imaginative voice -- for anyone ages 10 to 100! Teachers' Choice Award WinnerMom's Choice Awards Winner
Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner
National Parenting Product Awards Winner
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60 Irresistible Ways to Fill the Page
Pick up a journal, a notepad, or just the scrap of napkin on your table and write, sketch, scribble, map, and collage your way to creative self-expression. - Illustrate a map of your day- Capture snippets of conversation
- Imagine a potion pantry and invent remedies
- Trace objects from nature
- Style funny hairdos
- Converse with the cat
- List the things that make you you
- Turn thumbprints into quirky characters
- Tell fortunes
- Construct a teeny tiny journal
- Create collages with the included one-of-a-kind art papers, paper pop-outs, and stickers
Author Biography
Emily K. Neuburger is a writer, artist, and freelance art and creative writing teacher. She is passionate about encouraging people to get pumped about creativity, especially when it comes to the intersection of words and art. She is the author of the award-winning book Show Me a Story (Dr. Toy Best Picks, Family Choice Award, National Parenting Products Award honors, USA Best Books, International Book Awards finalist) and writes regularly about creativity and unexpected treasures on her website, emilyneuburger.com, as well as in print magazines and around the web. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and three children.
