Driving with the Top Down: Telling the Stories of Your Life to Awaken Your Creative Spirit [Spiral-bound]

Janice Kelley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2003

A series of almost 200 questions, statements and activities to prompt telling your own story. Footers at the bottom of each page invite you to draw, describe, define, list, write a poem, map or collect.

4 uses for Driving With the Top Down: • Fun! games, ice breakers, stories & skits •Creative Triggers-memories of family stories, stimulate your imagination, writer's journal, improve sensory awareness and observation • Self-awareness-couples retreat, counseling, coaching, career development, self-assessment • Develop new skills-self-expression, team building, personal side of leadership development, practice brainstorming

Sample questions: •What color are you when you are creative? •What have you lost you really wanted to keep? •Imagine the sounds of a city at midnight. •Describe the smells of a beach on a hot day. •You are a tree in a heavy windstorm. Are you more likely to sway freely or crack under the pressure? •Recall your fond memories of eating ice cream. •Name the most precious gifts you have ever received.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Stories free our imagination. We can go anywhere and be anything! Where will Driving With the Top Down take you?

Almost everyone finds questions here that speak to them. Enjoy this book as your personal retreat.

Men and women who journal, are "in transition," or who want to write about their favorite family member have bought this book.

Home schoolers, writers, teachers, coaches, career counselors, and business consultants who help clients tell their story also enjoy Driving With the Top Down.

People have asked to me to share my journey's insights and thoughts. You will find my comments on some of the pages throughout the book. I also start each new theme with an original poem or quote and add several others to pages where they relate. By doing so, I hope this book creates personal connections for you beyond just "questions on a page."

Driving With the Top Down celebrates its first birthday in March!

About the Author

Janice Kelley is a writer, storyteller, trainer and management consultant.Driving With the Top Down is one of many tools Janice uses in training programs and with clients helping them tell their stories.

Client industries include: arts and culture, nonprofit, corporate, education, health care, public sector and television.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 232 pages
• Publisher: Wandering Spirit Press (March 11, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0971546711
• ISBN-13: 978-0971546714
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,154,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)