Routines can cause creativity to flourish. They also can destroy it. It all depends on how they’re implemented and managed.
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Find a New Entry Point
Writing about the same topic again and again can feel like approaching a house and always going in through the front door. Find a new entry point. Knock on the screened-in back door. Look for an open window. Climb the trellis to the attic. Start there. [Read more…] about Find a New Entry Point
The Form (and Content) of It
I occasionally play with the form and content of the posts found on this site. Sometimes, it’s a test of reception. I want to know if the writing style or subject matter is welcome even if it’s only welcome by a few. Other times, it’s simply a way to test myself, to explore different ways of saying things, or to think through things such as perfectionism or writing through the ugly middle.
How to be a Better Writer: Try Something New
For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can’t be found, else ways everyone would know where it was. – Captain Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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Creativity and Process
Creativity isn’t a process. Advertising is a process. Creativity is a manic construction of absurd, unlikely irreverent thoughts and feelings that somehow, when put together, change the way we see things. That’s why it’s magic. If you want to be ordinary, then, yes, use a process. – John Hegarty
3 Ways to Get Out of a Creative Rut
I’m typically an advocate for fighting when faced with a creative rut. Living with deadlines and projects has made me aware that creativity and inspiration are not things found while waiting for them to appear. They’re found while doing the work, no matter how flawed and terrible the first iterations of that work are.