The Observation Deck by Naomi Epel is an excellent tool. I discovered it back when I worked at Time Out For Fun and Games at Jack London Square many years ago. It is one of those amazing products from Chronicle Books that is there to help you get over writers block.
When you are stuck, you pick a card from the box that the product comes in and then open the book that comes with the product and can read an idea for helping you out. The book features many examples from top authors and how they overcome many problems.
Here is a little quote from the card called “Read Aloud”:
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Critical care nurse Echo Heron used reading aloud to anticipate and avoid criticism of what was to become her best-selling memoir, Intensive Care. After completing each draft she would close the curtains, assume a British accent and read to an imaginary audience made up of people she wanted to impress. Fear of negative reactions forced her to automatically correct poor grammar and sloppy thinking. New lines erupted spontaneously as she realized the need to furnish missing concepts.
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I found that this product was helpful when I was working on issue #1 of Beyond the Great Chimney, and it should be good for any story telling projects that you might be doing. The lessons can easly be transposed to ones of graphics and art.
To read some samples from the book/cards, visit HERE.
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