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Creative notebooks for writers. Notebooks for happy people

Creative notebooks for writers. Notebooks for happy people

A creative notebook is needed not only by artists. This is a simple way to relax, change your usual way of looking at things, it is an excellent therapy, an opportunity to get out of a creative crisis and overcome the fear of a blank sheet of paper. And also a list of recipes on how to while away a boring meeting.

Who is this book for?

The notebook seems to be so universal that it will suit everyone without exception. Write, draw and misbehave, who can refuse?

A creative notebook is..?

...this is already a whole philosophy. Such notebooks have a pronounced therapeutic effect and help creative people overcome their fears. The author of the book is Canadian artist Keri Smith. She was one of the first to create a book of this format; her notebooks conquered the world and entered the bestseller lists. The artist explores the field of creativity and teaches a course in conceptual illustration at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, she has created not only notebooks, but also apps, and is also a consultant for the Center for Artistic Activism and regularly conducts workshops based on her books.

Many of us are familiar with the fear of a blank sheet of paper, a new notebook and a fresh sketchbook. We are afraid of spoiling. Well, the most advanced fighters with their fears have learned to start blank notebooks from the second page, but such a notebook is perfect for starting therapy. All the pages in it have already been damaged by the author. A little painted, covered in coffee or glue, stained with chalk. There really isn't a blank page in it, all you can do is just keep messing it up. Each page has some kind of task, some of them seemed overly creative to me (for example, bury the notebook for three days; author, I won’t find it then even in three years!), and some are really cool.

Here are a few of the best:

make (sketch) the dining table with different utensils
change the image of a bald guy whose photograph takes up an entire page
create a story using a photo from an old magazine
make changes and give the image a completely different meaning
stain the T-shirt of an unknown young man

This creative notebook, like the actual book, has a foreword (and also a page for writing your own foreword), in which Keri Smith shares the theory of deliberate error-making and talks about the benefits of this approach. And, in addition, he tells you what techniques you will have to work with and what it will give you. You can skip the preface; it takes up 8 pages. Although it seems to me that it is more interesting to read it when you have already completed half of the tasks: this will help you look at what you have done differently and continue to damage the book with interest.

Video about the book “Creative Mess”

How is the book made?

A5 size notebook in soft cover. Inside there is nice white paper, but the printing, alas, is monochrome. Perhaps this is justified: the colors are left to your imagination, but I would have liked to see a notebook like this in color. On some pages there is a “sticky” tag with notes for further research (it contains the names of the best designers of all time). And this is really great: your communication with the book continues behind its cover.

Bottom line

This is a good creative notebook from an author who is dedicated to studying the development of creativity. Working through such a notebook is a great way to reach a new level of personal development or just an alternative to an evening with TV series. The affordable price makes the notebook an excellent “just because” gift for yourself or friends.

Buy Keri Smith's book "Creative Mess"

The book “Creative disorder. Notebook with non-standard tasks" is available for purchase in the Ozon.ru online store at a price of 350 rubles.

A creative person should always maintain the inner fire of creativity. The main rule of all geniuses: not a day without a line, sketch, sketch, sketch. Creative notebooks will help you with this best. Create small masterpieces every day. I, you, we A creative notebook that needs to be filled out together. Get creative with friends or loved ones. You can fill out pages with different people, or with just one person. Invite your friends, colleagues, relatives, classmates or the whole family to join! Or find the one with whom “I, you, we” will become a wonderful “time machine”. You can always look back and admire the treasure: the time spent together. 1 page per day This creative notebook offers tons of fun ideas to keep you creative all year round! Write a press release announcing your big achievement, remember how you met your close friend, make a checklist in case of a surprise date. Every new page is a chance to create something new. Write, sketch, take notes, reflect and share ideas with friends. Photo source - @marie_vienn 642 ideas on what to write about. This is not just a notepad, but a real creative simulator that will help hone your writing skills. On its pages there are 642 stories, or rather, the beginning of stories: witty, life-affirming, fantastic and - strange. Stories need to end. If you fill out 1-2 pages every day, then by the end of the year you will have written your own small collection of stories or sketches. A sketchbook that will teach you how to draw. Especially for those who are “too late to learn to draw” and those who “have no talent.” This is not just a drawing tutorial, it is a real mentor for everyone who wants to learn how to draw quickly and cheerfully. You will learn to draw and express on paper the images that sit inside you. Start creating now! 365 days of a very creative person A very useful diary for all designers, illustrators, artists, journalists, writers and other creative individuals, created by Yana Frank. It will help you organize your life and understand how time is spent, choose the best ideas, set priorities, and learn how to meet deadlines. You will learn to get more done and put your affairs in order. Photo by: gryadka.com Literary doodles What do you think Alice might have seen in the rabbit hole? What did the huge whale Moby Dick look like? What couture dresses would suit Anna Karenina best? What did the wimpy shorthorns look like, darting around on the nave and grunting like zelyuki? By drawing doodles - all sorts of interesting sketches and sketches - we make our imagination work 100%. This notebook will give you some witty ideas for your crazy doodles. 365 days together Yulia Lugovskaya, the author of this diary, is a happy mother and popular blogger. Julia is sure that the most wonderful and exciting thing in her life at the moment is motherhood. In it she was able to express all her knowledge and talents. Yulia says that being a mother is great, because it combines serious thinking, the search for creative solutions, humor, and self-education. In her blog, Julia writes about how to raise children, about virtual and real finds for children's rooms, children's books and games. My 5 years This diary will help preserve all the brightest moments, details and little things that make up our life. What do you want to achieve? What lifts your spirits? Who is around you? Write down your thoughts, impressions, sensations. Observe the changes in your inner world from year to year.

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Me, you, we

A creative notebook that needs to be filled out together. Get creative with friends or loved ones. You can fill out pages with different people, or with just one person. Invite your friends, colleagues, relatives, classmates or the whole family to join! Or find the one with whom “I, you, we” will become a wonderful “time machine”. You can always look back and admire the treasure: the time spent together.

Sketchbook that will teach you how to draw

Especially for those who are “too late to learn to draw” and those who “have no talent.” This is not just a drawing tutorial, it is a real mentor for everyone who wants to learn how to draw quickly and cheerfully. You will learn to draw and express on paper the images that sit inside you. Start creating now!

365 days of a very creative person

A very useful diary for all designers, illustrators, artists, journalists, writers and other creative individuals, created by Yana Frank. It will help you organize your life and understand how time is spent, choose the best ideas, set priorities, and learn how to meet deadlines. You will learn to get more done and put your affairs in order.

Yulia Lugovskaya, the author of this diary, is a happy mother and popular blogger. Julia is sure that the most wonderful and exciting thing in her life at the moment is motherhood. In it she was able to express all her knowledge and talents. Yulia says that being a mother is great, because it combines serious thinking, the search for creative solutions, humor, and self-education. In her blog, Julia writes about how to raise children, about virtual and real finds for children's rooms, children's books and games.

My 5 years

This diary will help preserve all the brightest moments, details and little things that make up our life. What do you want to achieve? What lifts your spirits? Who is around you? Write down your thoughts, impressions, sensations. Observe the changes in your inner world from year to year.

Very fashionable. Many of our contemporaries devote a lot of time to self-improvement and strive to maximize their own potential. Many experts in this field recommend starting to change your life by purchasing a diary and instilling in yourself the habit of actually filling it out every day. An original replacement for a boring business option is a creative notebook. Let's try to figure out what it is and how to make a similar book for notes with your own hands.

Art book, notebook for creative people, anti-notebook - what is it?

More recently, diaries with unusual designs have appeared in bookstores in our country. Such publications quickly gained incredible popularity among people of all ages and professions. Conventionally, all such notebooks can be divided into several types.

The first type is diaries for writing, each of the pages of which has a unique colored background. Of course, writing in such a bright book is much more pleasant than on a white sheet of paper.

The second type of creative notebooks are diaries, on each page of which some wise quote or useful advice is printed. At the same time, the book can contain information from a variety of areas of life or be devoted to a specific topic.

The third category is a creative writing book with a task for every day. The most popular are thematic diaries of this category - for artists (accordingly, it is proposed to leave a drawing on each page) or for writers, with a list of topics for mini-stories and interesting ideas. Another category of notebooks for creative people combines all the previous ones.

Universal diaries for unlocking creative potential suggest immediately performing unusual tasks in real life (and writing brief reports on the pages of the book), doing simple psychological exercises, drawing and writing about yourself. If you wish, you can even find such a notebook for collective filling.

Buy or make it yourself?

An art notebook with tasks is easy to buy in any bookstore today. The cost of such a record book is usually from 300 to 1000 rubles. "Why so expensive?" - you ask. A creative notebook usually has a high-quality binding and cover; the quality of paper and printing is not inferior to a real book, and do not forget about its ideological content. The only disadvantage of such an acquisition is that, even when buying a diary for yourself, you cannot be sure that you will like it until you start filling it out. So why not save money and try making a creative DIY notebook?

Note book: master class

Let's start making our art diary by preparing the base. Of course, you can just buy a quality notebook or notebook and then just fill out the pages. But this option is not interesting enough; it is much more pleasant to make your own unique notebook with your own hands, inside and out. Prepare the required number of sheets. Cut them to the chosen size, paint them if desired, decorate them with stamps, small drawings, and decorate the edges. The most difficult part of the job is making the binding. The pages of the notebook can be sewn together, glued or fastened using accessories - rings, springs. Once you have your note block ready, you can start designing the cover.

Individual design

It doesn't matter who you are making a creative notebook for - for yourself or as a gift. Such a diary should be beautifully designed and evoke only pleasant emotions. Take the time to devote enough time and attention to working on the cover. You can cover it with fabric, decorate it with a beautiful postcard or painting, or glue your favorite photo. Be sure to glue the endpapers on the inside; thanks to them, your work will look much neater. Glue the cover to the note block and place the book under the press. Once your notebook is dry, you can begin the fun part of the work.

Filling out a creative diary

Start a notebook with Let it be a mini-questionnaire with a story about who owns the creative notebook with tasks, and perhaps a small autobiography. Believe me, signing any diary is a special ritual. Even in the business version, by filling out general information about yourself and leaving your phone number in case you lose the notebook, you are thereby declaring ownership of this item. In a creative writing book, you can place your own photograph on one of the first pages, but always the most positive and favorite one. Now you can fill out all the remaining pages. If you are afraid that you will accidentally start grouping tasks of the same type, write them deliberately randomly. Suppose you have just finished designing the 5th page, turn to the 10th and feel free to start writing any assignment or idea. In addition to tasks, you can write simple parting words to yourself, favorite quotes or positive short motivators.

Tasks that will teach you to think more broadly

If you decide to make your own creative notebook, the ideas that come to mind while filling out its pages may seem silly to you as you write. But don’t be ashamed of your own thoughts. Write everything that comes to mind. Even if a specific task doesn’t teach you anything and turns out to be useless, it will brighten up your day and give you something pleasant. For example, in almost any ready-made creative diary you can find the following tips and recommendations: write a letter to a friend with whom you have not communicated for a long time; try something new; write down what you remember today; draw a picture; describe what bothered you most today.

For people who live in an active rhythm, a creative notebook for two will be much more interesting. Such a diary is filled out by two close people or a whole group of friends at once. Accordingly, the tasks in it are designed for collective creativity. These could be questions about spending time together, suggestions to describe each other, or even draw a caricature. Don’t be afraid to include the most unexpected tasks in your notebook, and you will definitely get maximum pleasure from “communicating” with the finished book.

In this connection, I want to talk about what creative notebooks are, tell about two of them, tell me where you can get them, and also give one of them to a randomly selected subscriber) Go:

Creative notepad is a notebook for creative people who want to develop their talents or just have fun doing different tasks on the pages of the book. Now the choice of such publications is simply huge: there are also notebooks to develop writing skills (for example, "642 ideas on what to write about"), and publications for those who want learn to draw (for example, "A sketchbook that will teach you how to draw"), and even diaries for creative people who will help you plan your time (“365 days of a very creative person”).

In any case, they all allow you to overcome the fear of a blank sheet and begin to practice creativity. On the pages of the notebooks there are different tasks and a million possible options for filling (from modest notes with a pen to masterpieces made with paints, markers and pencils). The main thing is that they all develop creative abilities: if you give yourself the task of filling out one page a day, then by the end of the first month you will have already developed the habit of creating (drawing, writing) and after that you will not be able to stop. But it is daily practice that turns amateurs into professionals!

"1 Page a Day" Adam Kurtz

"Put down your phone and pick up your pencil - give yourself space to be creative. This notebook book will help you do that - fill it out every day, page by page, draw, sketch, write, take notes, create and fill out lists, set goals for yourself ", reflect, share ideas with friends! This book will become your best companion for the whole year - you yourself will be surprised how many ideas and projects you can come up with"

First of all, I liked it decor- a bright yellow notebook with fairly thick pages that is pleasant to the touch. In addition to the expected tasks in the spirit of “draw this, draw that,” I met a lot interesting exercises and strange questions )

In 365 days (if you fill out one page per day), you will have to write to the person, whom you recently met, send postcards friends, go to a cafe(and attach obvious evidence in the form of an invoice to your notebook), do charity, watching people in strange places will go on a trip and many more different things.

While looking at the notebook, I discovered that throughout all the pages he teaches very important things - it's all just paper. Stop being afraid of a blank slate! I often run into this problem when I want to draw something out of my head. Therefore, the usefulness of a notepad is obvious to me.

"Me, You, We" Lisa Currie

"This notebook is an opportunity for joint creativity with friends or loved ones. You can fill out the pages with different friends, or with just one person. Invite your friends, colleagues, relatives, classmates or the whole family to join you. What about your loved one? Should you find this person - and “Me, You, We” will become a wonderful “time machine” for you. You can always look back and admire the treasure: the time spent together."

Notepad decorated in the same style, like the previous one: the same pleasant-to-touch pages and bright colors. This time, the publishers offer to fill out the book not independently, but call on your loved ones for help!

And again, dozens of fun tasks and questions, for example: describe the most cheap way to have fun together, come up with ideas for couple tattoos, and also draw maps, portraits and remember the very best moments from life. I guarantee, It’s impossible to do this without a smile ) And it doesn’t matter what you end up with on paper, the main thing is that all these tasks are capable of lift your spirits and bring you closer together you with your friends, family or significant other! By the way, you don’t have to share this book with one person. As an option, you can use it at a meeting of classmates/classmates, with work colleagues and in any other groups)

Notebooks are an indispensable thing for a creative person and a universal means of always being in touch with your thoughts. Electronic books and reminders will never replace something that you can’t cut out with an ax. It’s nice to capture a thought or idea with your own hand. It is not surprising that notebooks are no longer divided exclusively into “ruled” or “checked”, soft or hard cover, for notes or for drawing.

What kind of notepads are there today?

An artbook is a notebook that looks like a book. Why? Because it was created and illustrated by the author himself. Another way of self-expression that has no general rules.

Smashbook is a notebook that closely resembles a diary. There are many secrets hidden there, as well as vivid memories and impressions.

A sketchbook is a small notebook or album, an indispensable thing for a creative person. Why? Because it stores sketches, sketches and other useful ideas.

Cookbook. A cookbook doesn't sound like it, so let it be a cookbook. A recipe book, by the way, is a very necessary thing for every young lady, cook and gourmet. If you think that recipes are all that can be written here, you are mistaken. Reviews about visiting restaurants, gastronomic ideas and impressions, tasting dishes - we write everything healthy and tasty here. Who knows, maybe such a notebook will eventually turn from an ordinary cookbook into a family heirloom.

Dreambook is a book of wishes. Today it is useful to dream a lot and visually. Come up with a dream in all its colors, and it will come true. A dream comes to mind - write it down quickly! Or better yet, sketch it in all the details (too much, tell it out loud only after the performance =))

A softbook is a notebook with a soft cover that stands out among its “brothers” with a particularly stylish look. Why? Because most often it is made with your own hands or simply by hand. It can be made of fabric, suede or leather, such as notebooks from the Lisalena workshop.

A junkbook is a notebook made of trash, which is like an old suitcase - it’s hard to carry and it’s a shame to throw it away. Everything that was previously expensive, but today is just a memory, without practical use, is stored in such a notebook. It often looks like an old magazine. But yours.

Travelbook is the notebook everyone dreams of. A book about travel, personal impressions, locations, different points of the world. Here you can store everything: from tickets to photographs,

Alterbook - new fashion or notebook vandalism. This word hides a new type of creativity when handy objects, in particular books, are turned into a notebook. Windows and frames are cut out in books, pages are glued together, etc.

There are a lot of “Buks”, but only as much as inspiration. Be creative and don’t put anything “on the table”! Well, at Tasty-shop .ru you can always find the notebook of your dreams!