Shelley Carson

I had one major problem with this book. It came from a library and the answers were already filled in. To me, there is nothing more irritating than a book that has words written in the margins. Though I suppose if it were my own copy I would still not give it the best grade out there since it is one of those books where you are encouraged to write in it or treat it as a workbook. I can't abide by that notion, so I would probably have gotten a notebook for that purpose.

The book uses advances in neuroscience and psychology to create a brain environment that is conducive to being inventive and creative. So it has you think of words and solve puzzles and things like that. According to the book, there are seven states of creativity and all of them must be used for maximal effect. Which states are most effective depends on the person in question and how they apply that creativity. So if you are a person making a movie, it might be bad to be too creative. The book put it this way; if you keep having new ideas and can't implement your old ideas, then it isn't really helpful to be so creative.

So the book is meant to help in several ways, and it does do that pretty well. However, like I said, I don't usually write in my books unless it is information that shows that I own the book or something.… (más)