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The Idea Pocket

The place to go for tips on increasing your creativity

We live in a society of instant gratification. We want it and we want it now. digitalcamera

If you’re working on a large project, that isn’t always possible. What is a creative person to do, short of never doing a large project ever again?

Take pictures of different stages along the way.

If you’re so inclined, take a picture of every step. When you’re done, not only will you have the large project complete, you’ll also have a tutorial to either share with others or to keep for yoruself for future reference.

That way, the picture progress would be beneficial in more ways, thus serving two purposes as well as keeping your motivation and creativity up.

Editing as CreatingOctober 6

For many people, editing appears to be the antithesis to creativity. It is actually part of the creative process.

A different function of it, true, but that doesn’t make it an opposite.

As I see it, here are some of the processes to creating:

Generating the idea.
Planning/researching.
Creating (writing, composing, drawing, painting, etc.)
Revising/changing/adding

Revising and changing…editing.

No project is completed after the initial part is done. The bones of the story, for example, might be written down. It might even be fleshed out some.

The thing of it is, there is likely excess flesh in some areas and not enough in others. That’s where the revising/changing/adding/editing comes in.

It’s not something anyone should look at as being in opposition to the art of creativity. Instead, it shoud be seen as an important part of the process that should not be overlooked, ignored, or rushed.

Neglectful JenOctober 2

I have admittedly been very lax in adding anything to this blog. That is blatantly obvious.

I think I tried to do too much with it at the beginning. That doesn’t excuse abandoning it, though. And that is about to change.

I post daily creativity tips on Twitter. Some of those will be brought over here and expanded upon. Look for the first of these tomorrow.

September 20

Finally home. Been here an hour & a half. Transcription to do (how UNfun) and repacking like a wild woman.

Jen’s Been AWOLSeptember 17

Hello, everybody.

I’m sorry for the extended absence lately. We’ve been on vacation to see family in California, a wee bit of gambling in Laughlin, NV, and a short stay in Sedona, AZ.

I’ll be going straight from here to Eureka Springs, AR. Wow. It might be a bit much at once, but it’s been nice.
I’ll get caught up on blogging later this week. OK, not “caught up,” per se, but back on track.