The Indie Author´s Guide To Creativity: Includes the Five-Step Creative Formula for Writers and Book Publishers! (Kindle Self-Publishing 101 2)

After 30 years of writing for a living, and having published over 30 Kindle books, I decided to reveal my most precious secret: The Five Step Formula for Writers and Books Publishers.

I must admit that the formula has served me well over the last three decades. And I still find it most helpful when writing a new book, short-story, article, research paper, advertisement, or any other form of creative writing -both fiction and non-fiction.

You can use it to determine your book´s niche, keywords, theme, title, and table of contents, as well as your promotional and marketing strategy.
And in the case of writing fiction, it is ideal for creating characters, plots and subplots, settings, descriptions, dialogues, narrations, etc.

It´s a must for authors and publishers!

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

*FOREWORD: GENESIS OF THIS BOOK
Genesis of this book
Learning the basics
In search of a general formula
Useful tool for writers and publishers

*CHAPTER 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVITY
1.1: Defining creativity
1.2: Defining creative ideas
1.3- Creativity in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 2: THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE THINKING
1.1- The great mystery story
1.2- Steps of creative thinking
1.3- The role of curiosity
1.4- Creative thinking in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 3: HELMHOLZ´S THREE-PHASE MODEL
3.1 -The conception of “happy ideas”
3.2- Helmholtz’s three-phase model
3.3- Helmholtz´s model in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 4: POINCARÉ´S FOUR-PHASE MODEL
4.1- Poincaré ´s four-phase model
4.2- Poincaré on illumination
4.3- Poincaré´s model in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 5: WALLAS AND THE ART OF THOUGHT
5.1- Phases of the Art of Thought
5.2- The four- stage model
5.3- The Art of Thought in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 6: YOUNG´S TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING IDEAS
6.1- Principles of idea production
6.2- Young´s five-step model
6.3- Young´s technique in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 7: HOW EINSTEIN GOT HIS BIGGEST IDEA
7.1- The last two weeks of the process
7.2- An enlightening testimony
7.3- Einstein´s five-step formula
7.4- Einstein´s five steps in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 8: STEP ONE - BASIC RESEARCH (DATA GATHERING)
8.1- On keeping the right attitude
8.2- On gathering the basic information
8.3- How to apply the first step
8.4- On knowing your subject
8.5- On keeping a written record
8.6- Step One in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 9: STEP TWO - COMBINATORY PLAY
9.1- Einstein´s Combinatory Play
9.2- Hill´s synthetic and creative imaginations
9.3- Young´s digestive process
9.4- Jung´s association method
9.5- Mindmapping
9.6- Brainstorming
9.7- Interrupter reading
9.8- On reaching saturation
9.9- Step Two in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 10: STEP THREE – INCUBATION
10.1- Wallas: Basic steps of incubation
10.2- Young: Activating the unconscious
10.3- Einstein´s incubation methods
10.4- Other relevant testimonials
10.5- Step Three in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 11: STEP FOUR – ILLUMINATION
11.1- Famous eureka! moments
11.2- Famous literary aja! moments
11.3- Highsmith on the “germ of a story”
11.4-How ideas appear
11.5- The power of dreams
11.6- Stevenson´s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
11.7- Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein
11.8- Coleridge´s Kubla Kan
11.9- The stuff that dreams are made of
11.10- Characteristics of illumination
11.11- Separate the wheat from the chaff
11.12- Step Four in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 12: STEP FIVE - PRODUCING YOUR NEW IDEA
12.1- Einstein: From first draft to manuscript
12.2- Young: Putting your idea to work
12.3- On writing the first draft
12.4: Time to sit down and write
12.5- On Einstein´s final manuscript
12.6- H. P. Lovecraft´s writing tips
12.7- John Steinbeck´s writing tips
12.8- Miller´s writing commandments
12.9- Step Five in a nutshell

*CHAPTER 13: APPLY THE FORMULA! DO IT NOW!
13.1- The more you practice, the easier it gets!
13.2- Importance of trial and error
13.3- Faulkner´s writing formula
13.4- Selected quotes on writing
13.6- Inspirational quotes

*APPENDIX 1: THE WO