The whole truth
In broad terms, everything a writer or any other creative artist needs to know about the psyche can be stated in a pair of linked propositions:
- Your psyche – your entire inner world of thoughts, memories, emotions, drives, etc. – is comprised of two major levels, the conscious and unconscious minds, each of which plays its own discrete and proper role in the creative act.
- Your best gambit is to regard the unconscious mind as a separate presence, a personified entity with which you work in collaboration.
And that’s it. That’s the whole truth in a bullet-pointed nutshell. What follows is just elaboration. Read the rest of this entry »
