What does it take for your brain to stop seeing writing as something you do and start recognizing it as who you are?

In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we explore the identity tipping point. This is ****the neurological shift that happens when consistent writing transforms you from “someone who writes” into a professional author.

Inside this episode:

✔️ Why four published novels didn’t make me feel like a real writer

✔️ How a daily writing habit flipped a permanent identity switch

✔️ What Stanford and brain imaging research reveals about the neural reprogramming behind habit-based identity

✔️ The exact conditions that accelerate your tipping point

✔️ A step-by-step Identity Reinforcement Protocol to rewire your brain for authorship

🎧 Listen now.

🚀 Consistency doesn’t just create books. It creates the author.

Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,

Bonnie Jean

Next Steps:

🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?

START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.

Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.

Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.

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Remember when creativity was second nature? When stories spilled from your imagination without hesitation or fear?

That’s not lost. It’s just dormant.

In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we unpack the science of creative neoteny—why daily writing may be your best shot at preserving the brain’s natural storytelling instincts.

Inside this episode:

✔️ The neuroscience of why most adults lose their creative edge

✔️ How daily writing preserves flexibility, divergent thinking, and curiosity

✔️ What Jesus, da Vinci, Maya Angelou, and Fred Rogers understood about staying open to wonder

✔️ A writing challenge that trains your brain to see the world like a first-time explorer

✔️ Why consistent storytelling isn’t just craft—it’s neural preservation

🎧 Listen now.

🚀 Wonder isn’t childish. It’s the beginning of mastery.

Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,

Bonnie Jean

Next Steps:

🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?

START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.

Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.

Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.

📢 Subscribe & Review:

If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.

Ever solved a plot problem while folding laundry? Had a character breakthrough while driving or drifting off to sleep?

That’s not luck. It’s your Default Mode Network—the brain’s creative engine—doing its job.

In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we explore:

✔️ What the Default Mode Network (DMN) actually is

✔️ Why it activates during moments of “non-productivity”

✔️ How daily writing gives your brain the fuel it needs to solve story problems subconsciously

✔️ The biblical pattern of breakthrough through withdrawal—and how it applies to your creative process

✔️ A science-backed writing challenge that activates your brain's silent creative engine

🎧 Listen now.

🚀 Because creativity doesn’t sleep—it simmers. And daily writing is how you stoke the fire.

Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,

Bonnie Jean

Next Steps:

🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?

START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.

Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.

Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.

📢 Subscribe & Review:

If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.