Imagination by Distraction

A question once asked of me was whether I use any mental tools when it comes to creative writing.

And the answer to that is yes, I do apply one particular tool—leveraging the subconscious.

Now, this might sound like it’s going the way of mediation, chanting, the lotus position and maybe even voodoo.

But actually, this tool is built into us all. It is a fundamental part of our human minds, core to how the brain functions.

And to leverage it we need do no more than see it for what it is.

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