How to be CREATIVE
Author James McCreet consider some ways to expand our creativity
James McCreet
For many writers, the urge to write is often stymied by the issue of what to write about. Craft is not the same as creativity. As ever, trusting in the muse, in inspiration or in nebulous concepts of talent gets you only so far. Consistency and process are the keys to ceaseless creativity. How can you organise your time and your work so that you’re always coming up with outlets for your writing?
Multitask your input
Maybe you’re a poet. Or a novelist. Or a blogger. It’s easy to get caught up in your own small corner of creativity and focus only on that. However, creativity is very often a result of cross-fertilisation. Ideas can come from anywhere, but you have to be looking out for them.
You’re probably already reading a variety of different material, from books to magazines to internet information. You’re probably also listening to music and watching TV.
The trick is to consider all of this a mingling flow of ideas and to think about what potential there is for your own projects. You might be inspired by the structural format of a Netflix series, a quirky kind of interview on an online blog or themes being explored in a new album. It all connects if you let it.
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