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The Creative Compass

By: Dan Millman, Sierra Prasada
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Summary

A guide should give clear directions and then get out of your way. In this unique collaboration that bridges two generations, best-selling author Dan Millman and his co-author (and daughter) Sierra Prasada help orient you as you make your own way through five universal stages of creativity: Dream, Draft, Develop, Refine, and Share. Whether you’re seeking new goals, the discipline to reach them, a shield against self-doubt and inertia, or practical advice on sorting through feedback and connecting with readers - you’ll find a way forward in this fresh approach to writing and storytelling, performed by the coauthors. 

Sage advice from writers, artists, and innovators complement engaging stories by Dan and Sierra about their own progress through the five stages and the writing life. Discover for yourself: The Creative Compass will transform both the stories you tell and the stories you live.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2013 Dan Millman & Sierra Prasada (P)2014 Dan Millman & Sierra Prasada
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"A good book about writing will guide you like a torch. You finish it and you’ve learned some useful lessons; you feel enlightened. But a great writing book is hard to finish because it keeps exploding in your face. All it makes you want to do is write. Everything else: blown away. The Creative Compass is like that, a box of inspiring dynamite. And of course that’s just what you want. Boom! Get back to your writing!" (Steven Goldsberry, creative writing professor and author of The Writer's Book of Wisdom)
"This is a wonderfully insightful guide to the art of transforming ideas and stories into books. It presents old narrative and stylistic truths in a new, highly imaginative way." (Stephen Kinzer, author of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War)
"Thoughtful, thorough, and practical in its application, this is an important work on the creative process, and on the craft, business, and magic of writing." (from the foreword by Terry Brooks, best-selling fantasy novelist)

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A fantastic collaboration

A fantastic book that clearly sets out the creative process from dreaming to published works.

Thank you both

Dennis R Lindsey

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An very interesting read

Where does The Creative Compass rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Quite high it's a very insightful book well narrated.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Probably not the book is quite short and you could listen it in a single day but there is a lot to take in and you will probably need a brake to absorb all the information.

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I bought this book for my mum who is a writer she loved it and said it was most helpful and inspiring i also listened to it and i really love the way it was written and narrated.

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Informative and Inspiring

A delight listening to these experienced authors share their wisdom. Practical inspiring essential guidence that will get you on track and keep you on track

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Good from Chapter 8

I almost gave up, on the verge of returning until it got to chapter 8. useful and more engaging from then on.

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Common sense with no insight

Practically useless in its simplicity. The most uninspired writing book I’ve ever read. The most basic ideas are related as blandly as possible.

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