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The SCAMPER Method: A Creativity Crisis Breaker

Roger Colby, Novelist's avatarWriting Is Hard Work

Not everyone wakes up in the middle of the night to stumble in the dark, find a notepad or their phone’s notes app to write down a fresh idea for a novel.

Most people struggle with creativity.

As a matter of fact in an article in Newsweek dated July 2010, authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman found that creativity is on a downward slide especially in younger children.  In their article Professor Kyung Hee Kim at the College of William and Mary stated that of those who took the Torrance Test which measures creativity have shown a steady decrease since 1990.

I guess all I’m saying is that you are not alone if you do not feel very creative.  If you have written a novel that is different and not just like everyone else’s best seller, then you can consider yourself in a minority.  

Today I thought I…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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