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You Can Be Cautious or You Can Be Creative (But There’s No Such Thing as Being “Cautiously Creative”)

This thought seems so simple, so obvious…and yet there’s so much to disagree with. (He said with cautious creativity…Or was it creative caution? Hmm.)

Designer and Author George Lois once said “You can be Cautious or you can be Creative (but there’s no such thing as a Cautious Creative).” Basically, you can never innovate without taking a little risk. If you’re being truly creative, there’s always a chance your fresh idea will flop, or won’t be doable, or otherwise won’t succeed. If you’re working on something that’s a guaranteed success, it’s unlikely you’re creating anything new and different. If you really want to create something new, brace yourself and grow those wings on the way down the cliff.

Creativity Happens When You Least Expect It

…Especially if you’re as impatient and demanding as we are!

Luv this pic!

by Sian Beilock

It’s well known that there are circadian or daily rhythms in basic physiological functions like body temperature or digestion. Interestingly, these circadian rhythms extend to our psychological abilities too. Simply put, we tend to have more brainpower at our peak circadian arousal time, which leads to success on activities that require us to concentrate and mentally ‘buckle down.’

Morning types (i.e., people who are most alert in the morning) excel on a whole host of cognitive tasks when they complete these tasks early in the day. This is especially true for tasks that require working memory, like systematically reasoning through a problem or juggling numbers in your head. Working memory is our flexible mental scratch pad. It’s the brainpower that helps us keep what we want in mind and what we don’t want out. On the other hand, evening types, those who are most alert at night, tend to perform at their best on demanding cognitive tasks later in the day. read article

TVWriter™ December Newsletter

A free Kindle book! News about TVWriter™’s People’s Pilot and Spec Scriptacular writing contests! Teleplay Tips & Tricks! Call for students for our upcoming Advanced Workshop!

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TVWriter™ Newsletter – December 2012
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Peggy Bechko Tells Us How to Kill a Character

Heartless, that’s what she is.

And that’s why we love ‘er:

Here’s somebody who really knows how to kill a characer – Uma Thurman in KILL BILL

by Peggy Bechko

Ever Wondered How To Kill a Character? read article

Peggy Bechko Gives Us Our Writerly Marching Orders

But she says it so nicely, with such…OMG!…class:

Three Helpful (I Hope) Writer’s Decrees Readers May Find Interesting – by Peggy Bechko (Peggy’s Blog)

Your Space, Research and Revision

There are a whole lot more than three of them, but well, I don’t have the time to go into all of them right now, or the space on my blog, or the typing finger (I just sliced it open while prepping food for Thanksgiving and the finger really  hurts when I hit a key). So, at great sacrifice I’m typing this up for your reading pleasure, edification, education, whatever you choose to consider it read article