Writing the Natural Way first published fifteen years ago, has shown hundreds of thousands of readers how to turn the task of writing into the joy of writing. Completely revised, newly illustrated, and with a wealth of updated, field-tested exercises, this master course in writing will help unlock natural styles and storytelling abilities. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Gabriele Rico has pioneered a dramatically different approach to writing, which releases creative potential by tapping a rarely accessed part of the brain. Her methods trigger dormant language capabilities through the use of writing acts such as clustering, recurrence, improvisation, creative tension, and constellating, and to help to: -release creative inhibition -end writer's block -find an authentic voice -discover patterns of meaning Filled with quotations, writings samples, "before and after" work, and techniques and activities, Writing the Natural Way frees readers to express memories, emotions, and images they never thought within their reach.