Break Your Crayons and

Draw Outside the Lines

  
 
 

 

Are you creative?

Do others call you creative?

Do you wish you were more creative?

If your answer to any of the above is yes, then my book:

Broken Crayons will teach you how to become more creative through the analogy of broken crayons.

It serves as a reminder through the entire book that to become more creative, you need to do things differently; do things out-of-the-ordinary; and break existing barriers or remove current limitations, real, implied or imaginary.

I wrote Broken Crayons in a conversational tone, as if I was speaking to you. It is meant to be read, contemplated, challenged, and re-read. You are to form your own thoughts, which in turn strengthen your creativity.

The book was meant to be yours! Write notes in the margin, highlight passages, and form your own thoughts about the material.

 

Broken Crayons:

Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines

Contents
Dedications
Foreward
Introduction (not published in the original book)
Chapter 1: The Potential Hidden Within the Paper Wrapper
Chapter 2: Un-Wrapped Pieces in Action
Chapter 3: Crayo n Breakers = Creative Leaders / Creative Leaders Break Crayons
Chapter 4: Only Wrapped Pieces of Wax
Chapter 5: Wrappers, Boxes and Other Limitations
Chapter 6: Different Colors, Shades & Hues
Chapter 7: GENUINE THUNDERING AHA'S!
Chapter 8: Directing & Strengthening Your Crayons
Chapter 9: Shaping, Molding or Forming Broken Crayons
Chapter 10: Using the Whole Box
Chapter 11: Using Creativity on the Job
Chapter 12: Generating AHA'S for Other People
Chapter 13: Now It's Time to Peel & Break Yours!
Bibliography

Some topics covered in Broken Crayons include:

  • what creativity is?
  • how to use creativity in groups?
  • what some typical "blocks" or "killers" of natural creativity are...
  • how to define your creative thinking style?
  • how to be creative on demand?
  • how to get others to be creative through simple tips
  • how the use of individual and team creativeness is used in the workplace?
  • how to be creative in a committee setting?
 
"In Broken Crayons, Alan reveals the magic of
Breaking Your Crayons and
Drawing Outside the Lines
in freeing us to be our true selves and more truly creative. Try it- it works!"

E. Paul Torrance, Ph.D.
Georgia Studies of Creative Behavior, Athens GA

 

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