We will explore working habits and writing techniques that open up spaces in which creative insights can arise.

Open to all year groups

Zoom sessions 1000-11.30 each day plus a 45-minute session at the end of the day.

Course tutors will arrange a tutorial directly with the student in the days between the sessions.

Where and when do you get your best ideas? And how do you capture them? Can you cultivate frames of mind and ways of working that will help you access a highly creative state at will?

We tend to receive insights and make new connections when the mind is relaxed and wandering – when we’re thinking ‘soft’, not hard, when the mind is open to ‘left field’ input and can stretch itself sideways, diffusing rather than sharpening focus.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to engineer the creative mindset using divergent thinking exercises, freewriting, guided contemplation, and methods we’ve adapted from NLP practises, and you’ll apply these techniques directly to your own research project. We will explore working habits and writing techniques that open up spaces in which creative insights can arise.