This book will inspire you to write, even if you have only a few minutes to spare. It may also change the way you think about writing. Drawing on a mix of disciplines, including psychology, art, linguistics, and advertising, each chapter offers you a writing-related discussion, followed by a five-minute exercise.

Whether you are a beginner writer, an experienced writer looking for new ideas, or you simply want to use writing to gain self-awareness, the book will help you to:

* Access your inner self, the personal memories that reflect universal patterns of the total human narrative.

* Gain fresh insight into the nature of stories and storytelling.

* Recognise your own life as an inexhaustible source of story ideas.

* Stimulate creative thought, including right-brain techniques for 'stepping outside the box'.

* Escape writing blocks.

* Establish an enjoyable writing routine. Just pick a page and begin your writer's journey.