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Five Ways to Click into a Creative Headspace
Get started faster! Circling the Runway When I sit down to work on my novel, I turn on my computer and instead of jumping right into the next scene, I often check my Facebook notifications or my Medium stats for the day. I might check my work email and then my personal email. Maybe I will write back to my friends on Messenger. I don’t mean to waste time, but my resistance often manifests in needing to circle the runway a bit before I dive in. Eric Maisel, in Secrets of a Creativity Coach, talks about reducing what it takes to click into the creative mindset. He defines the problem…
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Want to Write Better? Try Painting.
Writing Feeds on Other Types of Creativity I am the type of person who likes to do all kinds of creative activities. Writing is just one of those things. Sometimes you hear that if you dabble in many different types of things, you will never become very good at any of them. Jack of all trades, master of none, right? In some sense, it’s probably true. I know for sure I’m never going to be a concert pianist because I haven’t put in the hours and focus and I never will. Can’t I just get serious about one thing? Sometimes I wonder if I would be better off focusing on…