🎙 INTERVIEW: Inside the Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Writing w/ David Eagleman
​** This is a LIVE interview with David Eagleman about the craft of writing and reality of building a creative career.**
​What happens in the brain when imagination takes over? And how might understanding the mind change the way we write, revise, and create?
​David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and an internationally bestselling author whose work sits at the crossroads of science, creativity, and storytelling. Known for his research on brain plasticity, perception, and the hidden workings of the mind, Eagleman has spent his career translating complex neuroscience into ideas that illuminate how we think, imagine, and make meaning.
​Join us for a conversation with David Eagleman about the brain behind the writing life. Drawing from books including Livewired, Incognito, The Runaway Species, and his work on The Creative Brain, Eagleman will explore what neuroscience can teach us about creativity, attention, habit, and originality—and why so much of the creative process happens beyond conscious control.
​We’ll explore:
​What neuroscience reveals about creativity and original thought
​Brain plasticity and what it means for learning, practice, and growth as a writer
​The relationship between constraint, habit, and innovation
​What The Creative Brain teaches us about artistic risk-taking
​How writers can work with their brains instead of against them
​About David EaglemanÂ
​David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and an internationally bestselling author. He is co-founder of two venture-backed companies, Neosensory and BrainCheck, and he also directs the Center for Science and Law, a national non-profit institute. He is best known for his work on sensory substitution, time perception, brain plasticity, synesthesia, and neurolaw.
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​Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
​Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
​Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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