Narrative Techniques for Unlocking Your Creativity

Mela Pabón opens the course by introducing herself and telling you about her work. She shares her interests, shows you her biggest influences, and explains how each one has inspired her.

Find out what the dreaded creative block is and why it comes at the worst times. Then, look at several narrative formats you can use as a launching pad for your stories and see why a creative diary is the perfect tool to get your ideas flowing.

Now it's time to start filling your diary through a series of exercises, including anything-goes improvisational writing, a collection of stories and anecdotes, daily observations to record your experiences (no more saying "nothing happened today"), and image-based writing.

Now that you've got some material to work with, discover how to develop your ideas using Mela's creative process. Begin by identifying a good idea and learning how to draw it, then turn it into an Instagram post and measure the results. To round out the course, Mela teaches you how to build a work routine to keep your creativity flowing.