The Playful Way to Serious Writing

Starting Out
What is the ENERGY Method?
How it works
How to know when a word or image has ENERGY
How to rebel
How to use the exercises
How to choose the exercises
Splotches
What is her secret?
Pick a letter
Why is she smiling?
Six Figures
Moments
Looking Inward
How far back can you go?
Memories
More memories
Whose memory is it?
False memories
Still more memories
Two sides of the story
A safe place
Objects not directly related
Pick a fear
More fears
Still more fears
What will happen here?
Found objects
Realizations
Life-shaping events
Found objects
Woman sitting
Decisions
More decisions
Still more decisions
What does he want?
Desires
Dreams
Imaginary dreams
Looking Outward
Pick a letter
Who and where?
Loose lines
Three ways to explore characters or real people
Ten ways to get a piece or project unstuck
Pick a character
Who have I left out?
Who and where?
Getting physical
Minor mishaps
Shades of gray
Pick a problem
More problems
What is his problem?
One or two?
Solutions
Mixed feelings
Emotional states
More emotional states
A stranger
Mirror monologue
Mouth piece
Eye piece
Found objects
Combination piece
Hair piece
What’s in the box?
Is she “real”?
How are they connected?
Four silhouettes
Who is she?
One of three women
Pick a name
Before . . .
After . . .
Who is he?
Where and who?
Looking All Around
Pick a place
More places
A real place
Another real place
Islands
What was lost here?
A primeval place
Dream space
Twenty-four figures
More inspirations
Pick two numbers
What do they smell?
What does she smell?
A bad taste?
Eavesdropping
Sound piece
Pick an action
Pick an issue
Pick an animal
Pick a noun
More lines
Drawing lines
Cryptic writing
Looking Ahead
Now what?
How to run a Playful Way group
Acknowledgments