On creativity

[shadowsquirrel]

So a friend asked me about writing and creativity.

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[calitetra]

When I hit ruts and don't like the material I'm turning out, I take the pressure off myself and do something completely silly and not my style. Like if I were writing a screenplay and finding dialogue or plot infuriating, I would stop and dash off a melodramatic story like the ones I wrote in middle school. It can be relaxing to just create something and let yourself off the hook from creating something you really like. And it can be funny.

[shadowsquirrel]

I find myself often getting into something I'll just call "project ADD." I'll keep starting something new when I should be tweaking and finishing something else.

There is definitely something to be said for letting your creativity run free in a place where you expect nothing of yourself.