Although it’s not directly a creativity issue I wanted to share something from an email I got this morning. In essence it said: when people come to you for help they don’t want to have to do more work in order to reach a solution. They want the solution now. They want all the work [...]
Thanks for the comments on yesterday’s post, everyone. Isn’t it great to know we’re not really as crazy–or as alone in our problems–as we believe we are? I’ll try to cover the areas you’ve mentioned first.
I had to laugh at Toni’s comment about water, because being close to water also helps me when my creativity [...]
Picture this.
You’re writing a scene. It’s flowing smooth as oil. Life is good. You have it nailed. You could write like this forever. You could–
And your mind goes woolly.
Then blank.
The inspiration that only a couple of seconds earlier had been shoving and fighting behind your ears in its determination to get out of your head, [...]
Question Number Two.
“I’m afraid to share my work in a group. Can I just share it with one person, and make sure they don’t share it with anyone else?”
Yes, you can. But it’s not going to help you in the long term. You’re only going to get one person’s ideas on how to strengthen your [...]

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