5 Idea Inducing Books To Boost Your Creativity
It’s so important to keep reading for ideas. To keep looking for more fuel to fill your creative well. To find authors that make you feel excited, empowered and motivated. The best books about creativity will make you feel full, and ready to bring your own ideas onto the page. In this blog post, we have listed some of our favourite books about creativity here at Derbyshire Writing School.
Reading can be a great way to fill your creative well and filling your creative well is how you can power your creativity muscle. We talked about this in-depth on our podcast, Episode 5 How Do I Fill My Creative Well?, you can listen to the episode now for a more in-depth look at developing your creativity muscle.
If you’d like even more book suggestions, you can check out our top 5 amazing books that will improve your writing.
Our Top 5 Books To Boost Your Creativity
1. The Practice: Shipping Creative Work – Seth Godin
“Creative work doesn’t come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn’t. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward. The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work. Godin insists that writer’s block is a myth, that consistency is far more important than authenticity, and that experiencing the imposter syndrome is a sign that you’re a well-adjusted human.”
2. Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life – Chase Jarvis
“Creativity is a force inside every person that, when unleashed, transforms our lives and delivers vitality to everything we do. Establishing a creative practice is therefore our most valuable and urgent task - as important to our well-being as exercise or nutrition. Whether your ambition is a creative career, completing a creative project, or simply cultivating a creative mindset, Creative Calling will unlock your potential via Jarvis’s memorable “IDEA” system:
· Imagine your big dream, whatever you want to create—or become—in this world.
· Design a daily practice that supports that dream—and a life of expression and transformation.
· Execute on your ambitious plans and make your vision real.
· Amplify your impact through a supportive community you’ll learn to grow and nurture.”
3. The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity – Julia Cameron
“A revolutionary programme for personal renewal, The Artist’s Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.”
4. Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon
“Kleon has expanded his original manifesto into an illustrated guide to the creative life for writers, artists, entrepreneurs, designers, photographers, musicians, and anyone attempting to make things - art, a career, a life - in the digital age. Brief, direct, and visually interactive, the book includes illustrative anecdotes and mini-exercise sections calling out practical actions readers can take to unleash their own creative spirits.”
5. Crossroads of Should and Must, The: Find and Follow Your Passion – Elle Luna
“There are two paths in life: Should & Must. We arrive at this crossroads over and over again, and every day. And we get to choose. Starting out or starting over, making a career change or making a life change. The most life-affirming thing you can do is to honour the voice inside that says you have something special to give and then heed the call and act. Many have travelled this road before. Here’s how you can, too. #choosemust”
Have you read any of these books? We’d love to hear from you if you have, please get in touch and let us know which book was your favourite.
