Top ten things to do in a bind
What do you do when you need to have an idea but are stuck in tumbleweed town?
I was thinking about this today after reading Scamp so thought I'd list my idea coaxers.
1. Have a cup of tea.
2. Go to the loo. Look out the window in there.
3. Turn to my poor busy colleague and strike up a conversation about nut milk or organic shoe soles.
4. Stare into space.
5. Read blog after blog after blog until I've run out of bookmarks.
6. Doodle. Usually incorporating swearwords in there somewhere.
7. List every cliche to do with whatever topic I am working on. Then make ads of the cliches. Then put them to the side never to be looked at again unless there really is an idea drought.
8. Stroke the clean pages of my layout pad and remove all traces of eraser shavings.
9. Have another cup of tea.
10. Tell my boss I'm stuck and need help.
They're not very creative. Perhaps that's why these methods don't often bear fruit...
I was thinking about this today after reading Scamp so thought I'd list my idea coaxers.
1. Have a cup of tea.
2. Go to the loo. Look out the window in there.
3. Turn to my poor busy colleague and strike up a conversation about nut milk or organic shoe soles.
4. Stare into space.
5. Read blog after blog after blog until I've run out of bookmarks.
6. Doodle. Usually incorporating swearwords in there somewhere.
7. List every cliche to do with whatever topic I am working on. Then make ads of the cliches. Then put them to the side never to be looked at again unless there really is an idea drought.
8. Stroke the clean pages of my layout pad and remove all traces of eraser shavings.
9. Have another cup of tea.
10. Tell my boss I'm stuck and need help.
They're not very creative. Perhaps that's why these methods don't often bear fruit...