Um…plan ahead? Do your work? Or maybe just stop caring? Sure, that’s the easy way around the problem, right?
Uh-oh. Lifehacker.Com disagrees:
Category: Productivity
Without the Doing, Dreaming is Useless
And the #1 Habit of “Highly Creative People” is…?
…Solitude, doods. But all of us already knew that, didn’t we? Cuz we discovered that truth the way creative people discover everything: All by our lonesomes.
But if you’re the kinda peep who needs authority figures, here ya go:
Use “Forced Association” To Get New Ideas
Sounds good to us:
by Jurgen Wolff (TimetoWrite)
“Forced association” is a method for generating ideas when you’re stuck. It can be useful anytime you are stuck for a fresh idea.
Peer Production: PARAPHERNALIA
Having trouble getting your foot in the TV (or film) writing door? Yeah, it’s rough out there, we know.
Over the years TVWriter™ has seen new creators win and also seen ’em, well, drop out. (We’d never say “lose.”) And we’ve seen new creators find satisfaction just by doing, by creating their own films and bringing them to an audience w/o having to kowtow to the Old Media TV and film doorkeepers.