116. Martha Alderson – Boundless Creativity: Unveiling the Universal Story

Martha Alderson is the best-selling author of Boundless Creativity: A Spiritual Workbook for Overcoming Self-Doubt, Emotional Traps, and Other Creative Blocks and Writing Blockbuster Plots: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Plot, Structure, and Scene. She is a plot and transformational consultant whose clients include best-selling authors, editors, and Hollywood movie directors. Martha, widely known as the “Plot Whisperer,” has written several books, led workshops, and created an award-winning blog to help creatives express themselves and tell their stories. Martha joins me today to explore the creative process and define what the universal story is. She discusses the ubiquity of opposition in all artistic pursuits and outlines how creatives can overcome them. She reveals the three major emotions with which all creatives face and explains how we are all in the world to heal. She also emphasizes the importance of forgiveness, its relationship with creative endeavor, and how we can give it to ourselves and extend it to others. ” Creativity is fraught with obstacles – that’s what the universal story is all about. Writing a story will change you.” – Martha Alderson This week on The School for Good Living Podcast: How taking risks helps you stretch, grow, and expand who you areWhy Martha wrote Boundless Creativity and how brilliant writers get tangled in fear and insecurityThe reason Martha dedicated her life to helping others express themselvesOur tendencies to re-traumatize ourselvesThe universal story and its similarities and differences with the Hero’s JourneyThe elements that create a compelling narrativeThe stages of the universal story and how to travel it wellUnveiling the universal stories in our livesStrategies in overcoming the Dark Night of the SoulThe three major emotions that stop creatives from moving forwardThe importance of meaning and purpose in life and how we can find itThe Wounded Healer archetype and why forgiveness is key to the creative processWhy writers should start with the end of their storiesThe power of plot and structure in developing a storyRelated Content: Kindness and Wonder: The Fred Rogers Philosophy with Gavin EdwardsResources Mentioned: Boundless Creativity: A Spiritual Workbook for Overcoming Self-Doubt, Emotional Traps, and Other Creative Blocks by Martha AldersonWriting Blockbuster Plots: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Plot, Structure, and Scene by Martha AldersonThe Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light by Carlos SantanaWomen Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola EstesThe Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine by Sue Monk KiddGoddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women by Jean Shinoda BolenConnect with Martha Alderson: The Plot WhispererMartha Alderson WebsiteMartha Alderson on FacebookMartha Alderson on InstagramMartha Alderson on PinterestMartha Alderson on TwitterMartha Alderson on YouTubeMartha Alderson on LinkedInSubscribe, Rate & Share! Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the School for Good Living Podcast, with your host, Brilliant Miller. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. Don’t forget to visit our website, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. And be sure to share your favorite episodes with your friends and colleagues on social media to inspire others to improve their lives and reach their full potential.The post 116. Martha Alderson – Boundless Creativity: Unveiling the Universal Story first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.