The Creative Compass: Writing Your Way from Inspiration to Publication

Dan Millman · Sierra Prasada

Oct 2013 · H J Kramer

About this ebook

A guide should give clear directions and then get out of your way. In this unique collaboration, bestselling author Dan Millman and his daughter Sierra Prasada help to orient you as you advance through five universal stages of creativity: Dream, Draft, Develop, Refine, and Share. Whether you’re seeking new goals, the discipline to reach them, a shield against self-doubt and inertia, or practical advice on sorting through feedback and connecting with readers — you’ll find a way forward in this fresh approach to writing and storytelling. Drawing on the coauthors’ personal stories about overcoming challenges, as well as sage advice from other writers, artists, and innovators, The Creative Compass will transform both the stories you tell and the stories you live.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent book - very helpful to the beginner as well as the experienced writer. My Creative Writing College class used if for a text book in 2018 and 2019. The students consistently found the book helpful and relevant to their understanding of the writing process. They particularly enjoyed the parts by Sierra Prasada. I heard the author - Dan Millman speak about it and he said his daughter Sierra had actually constructed the book and had done as he put it- the "heaving lifting on the manuscript" - well done. I can recommend it for anyone interested in the creative process - particularly when it relates to writing. But I think the structure proposed applies to the whole creative field.

About the author

Dan Millman is the author of seventeen books, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior, read by millions of people in twenty-nine languages. He teaches worldwide and lives in Northern California. Sierra Prasada is a freelance journalist, editor, and teacher. The author of Creative Lives and the founder of the 20th Century Project, she lives in Washington, DC.

Sierra Prasada is the author of Creative Lives: Portraits of Lebanese Artists (Turning Point Books, Beirut, 2009). A freelance journalist and editor now based in Washington, DC, she’s lived in and reported on the Middle East, aided by her fluency in Arabic. Selected works have been published by the Associated Press, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the New York Times Learning Network; in a Prentice Hall textbook Choices in Literature; and in the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup series. She teaches both writing and Arabic at the Graduate School USA. On the web, she has undertaken a decade-long exploration into the 20th century’s literary history. She has a BA in history from Stanford University and an MS in journalism from Northwestern University. Visit her online at www.sierraprasada.com.