"Literary Master Class" by writer and screenwriter Jurgen Wolf; in it famous writers talk about the techniques that helped them overcome the creative block.
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Jurgen Wolf
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Why you shouldn't be afraid creative crisis
“The best thing to do is not to worry too much about periods of creative barrenness. They help the theme to mature and let reality into the plot. Everyday life».
Shelley Jackson suggests that creative dead ends are a perfectly normal part of the creation process:
“I sat on an unfinished draft for several years until I suspected, and rightly so, that I simply did not know how to finish it. When I returned to it again, I still didn’t know it, but I continued and eventually finished the book. If someone had immediately told me that I would never understand how to write novels, I would immediately continue, despite the almost complete confusion and doubt, and after completing the draft, I would evaluate what was written and begin to improve the book.
Roddy Doyle- another novelist with a rather nonchalant approach to work:
“In my opinion, I have never had a creative block. If a novel moves slowly or is extremely unsatisfactory, I switch to another book to return to the trouble spot later. I calmly write nonsense with the full understanding that this is nonsense and then I will correct everything. Often you have to write six bad sentences before you get to a good seven. But first you need to write these six, understand that they are bad, and guess that the seventh is what you need. So even bad days useful."
A temporary creative impasse was accompanied by the work Alice Munro over all her books:
“It happened that I wrote and thought that I was very advanced - I wrote more pages than usual. The next day I get up and realize that I don't want to work on this thing anymore. When I am so reluctant to continue that I have to force myself, I usually know that something is not going right. About three-quarters of the time I've had it so that I felt the urge to drop the story fairly early on. I spend a day or two in a severe depression, wandering around aimlessly and wondering if I should write something else. Everything is as in love story: frustrated and unhappy, you start dating a new guy who you don't like at all, but you haven't figured it out yet. Then suddenly appears new idea in the story I left behind: I need to see if it fits, but only after I say to myself: “No, everything is bad here, forget about it.”
Similar doubts about their own stories were Chekhov. He compared them to those not yet written:
“I have plots for five stories and two novels languishing in my head. One of the novels has been planned for a long time, so some of the actors already outdated before they could be written. I have a whole army of people in my head, asking to come out and waiting for a command. Everything that I have written so far is nonsense compared to what I would like to write and what I would write with delight ... I do not like that I am successful; those plots that sit in my head are annoyingly jealous of what has already been written; it's a shame that the nonsense has already been done, and the good is lying around in the warehouse like book trash.
Writers have several options for practical solutions to these issues.
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Paul Auster believes creative deadlock may be a sign that larger issues need to be addressed:
“The greatest patience is needed. After many weeks of sadness and months of suffering, I discovered that if a writer is at a dead end, it usually means that he does not understand what he really wants to say. You need to go back and carefully consider your motives, intentions and goals that you intend to achieve. But the main thing is not to force yourself to write further just to fill the last sheets with words.
Brainstorming topics
If the difficulty is that you have no idea for next book, try the method that applied Philip Roth. He told NPR radio how he came up with the plot of the novel Nemesis about the polio epidemic:
“I started [writing], as I often do: [writing down] in a yellow notebook on lined paper everything historical events which I have witnessed and which I have not yet reflected in my books. When I got to polio, it was a revelation for me. I never thought that this could be the subject of a book. Then I remembered how terrible, deadly he is, and I thought: “OK, try to write a book about polio ...” I wanted to understand: can I portray how much we were all afraid of him?
Roth used the same method for the book The Conspiracy Against America, where he tried to imagine what would have happened if not Franklin Roosevelt had won the presidential election in 1940, but Charles Lindbergh.
Write only if you believe
Ray Bradbury said:
“Those who get stuck are just doing things they shouldn't be doing: those who write scripts or books that shouldn't have been written will end up in writer's block because their subconscious will say:
“No more inspiration!”
His opinion is characteristic of the writer high level: if you write about what you love, a creative crisis will not come.
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Having experienced problems in the middle of writing the script for the film "Carter Defeats the Devil", Glen David Gold took a break for seventeen months to consider whether scriptwriting was a symptom of dealing with unhealed childhood trauma. He says:
“I decided to go through treatment, change my life, move on to another stage and come back. And then I decided that I needed to surprise myself. I was walking between the shelves in the library and decided that I would put on the stage an object from the first book that I came across. And it turned out to be the story of the guillotine! This was able to surprise me, prompt me to move from exposition to action and finish the rest of the plot.
Keep a diary
Dominic Dunn advises:
“I think keeping a diary is the best thing for a writer ... A journal will be especially invaluable in a creative impasse. Write down complaints to yourself about the creative crisis. Tell me how bad you feel, how angry you are that your talent suddenly left you. Describe the chapter or scene where you are stuck: what kind of characters are they and what do you want to achieve in this episode. Write about it. Believe me, everything will start to improve right there, in the diary.
Give a surprise
H. G. Wells advised:
"If you're having trouble with a book, try the element of surprise: attack her when she least expects it."
agreed with him Francis Scott Fitzgerald:
“Sometimes it is possible to solve a particularly difficult problem if you approach it from the very early morning, with the freshest forces of consciousness. I have done it so often that I blindly believe in this approach.
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Amy Tan He speaks:
“There are many ways. One of them is to put on the same music that I listened to when I was working on this before. Music has a hypnotic effect and mobilizes all the senses. And I'm immersed in the right atmosphere."
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Ernest Hemingway boosted my self-confidence:
"Sometimes starting new story, I could not move, and then I sat down in front of the fireplace, squeezed tangerine peels into the fire and watched the spray flare up with blue sparks. I got up, looked at the Parisian rooftops and thought: “Don't worry. You could write before and you will write now. You just need to write one truthful phrase. Write the most truthful one you can." In the end, I wrote down one true phrase and moved on from it. And it was already easy, because there was always one true phrase that you knew or saw, or heard from someone. If I started to write intricately, or lead to something, or demonstrate something, it turned out that these curls or decorations could be cut off and thrown away and start with the first truthful, simple affirmative sentence.
I think that every author (beginner or already quite well-known) at least once in his life faced such an unpleasant phenomenon as a creative crisis. Dealing with this is sometimes very difficult. I want to try to figure out what it really is and draw the necessary conclusions.
So what is creative block? The answer is simple - a state in which the author, composer, artist, poet simply cannot take on and do what he, in fact, always does. In order to somehow cope with this condition, you first need to know what causes it. There may be several reasons for this.
The concept of "creative crisis."
The roads leading to art are full of thorns, but they also manage to pluck beautiful flowers.. George Sand.
The concept of "Creative crisis" consists of two words.
Creativity is an activity that generates new values, ideas, the person himself as a creator.
Crisis (from the Greek solution, turning point) - a coup, a time of transition, a turning point, a state in which the existing means of achieving goals become inadequate, resulting in unpredictable situations and problems.
Consider such a thing as an existential crisis, purely psychological. This is a state of anxiety, a feeling of deep psychological discomfort when asked about the meaning of existence. Most common in cultures where basic survival needs are already met.
Bottom line: a state of creative crisis, which means a certain inability to create, to express your thoughts through the type of creativity that you have chosen.
Some causes of the creative crisis.
Any human creation, whether it be literature, music or painting, it is always a self-portrait. Butler
The first and one of the most common having finished some of his work (usually midi or maxi), the author, who has invested his soul, energy, talent and time in his creation, is literally "emptied" for some time. After that, he suddenly cannot write anything - his hands simply do not reach, they drop after the first viewing of the "draft" of the new chapter.
Second: any failures in everyday life (quarrels with parents, friends, not very good grades at school, comments from teachers, etc.). In this case, most often, unlike the previous one, there is not only inspiration, but also the desire to do something.
Third: fatigue. This often happens after important exams, tests, interviews, which you not only failed, on the contrary, most likely received the assessment of your abilities that you yourself gave, or even higher. Although, there may be another reason for fatigue. In this case, you most likely do not have the strength to do something.
Fourth: banal laziness. There is nothing to explain here.
Fifth: excessive motivation. Because of this, there great excitement, anxiety, fear of failure is possible.
Sixth: stress. Excessive psychological stress affects not only creativity, but also health. This can be caused by anything (at least a negative rating or comment).
Because of this factor, the creative crisis is usually the longest.
Several ways out of the creative crisis.
In order to have grounds for creativity, it is necessary that your life itself be meaningful.. Ibsen.
Good vacation- this method, I think, is more suitable for the first, third and sixth reasons. And in general, a good useful (which is probably the most important) rest has never harmed anyone.
Task switching- if you can't do your favorite thing, why not switch to something else? If you write music, for drawing, for example, or for practicing some kind of sport? After that, there big chance for inspiration and creativity.
Brainstorm- if you have good endurance and willpower, and there is not much time to deal with a creative crisis (you never know, you write a work for a competition, or at least school essay), then I think this option should suit you. The essence of the method is this - you begin to think about the idea itself (what is it, what is wrong with it, maybe something in it significantly interferes with you now). Perhaps this will lead you to some thoughts and speed up your thinking process. The only thing is, for this you need to firmly decide and take it. Otherwise, it might not work.
New looks and experiences- creative crisis does not like vivid impressions. This leads to some new ideas, the possibility of which you did not even suspect. Of course, it is not always possible to afford a trip abroad or to another city, but you can walk the other way from school, update your wardrobe, try to do something new for you.
Refinement and rework- the search for problems and a catch in the work is a fairly successful way to get rid of a creative crisis. You look for errors, shortcomings in the texts and as a result discover a lot of new things for yourself (for example, the idea that you have never really "bothered" about before). Of course, the refinement is much less effective way than a change of images and impressions, but this is often very relevant and justified.
How to do your work in case of a creative crisis?
If you feel low energy, inspiration, and similar symptoms of a creative block, try to do at least something. After all, it is known that appetite often comes with eating.
But, of course, you don't need to torture yourself by trying to do something for a very long time (this can simply lead to another reason for a creative block). Then, try to do something that usually your hands just don’t reach (to teach the same geometry, for example).
Outcome.
The art is to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and the ordinary in the extraordinary.. Diderot.
After we've explored this topic a bit, we need to sum up the conclusion.
Output. A creative crisis is something like a disease. And almost any disease can be cured. You just need to understand in time what is happening to you, the cause of this condition and choose the right "medicine".
Good luck in your creative work!
In general, a creative crisis, or as it is also called creative stagnation, is a very common problem faced by many in life.
A stupor in the head, lack of inspiration, no flow of new thoughts and ideas, an adequate assessment of the results of one's own work has been lost, a feeling of complete emptiness - that's all clear signs the presence of a creative crisis in a person.
If suddenly a person’s inspiration has disappeared, and there are no thoughts in his head, then you need not be upset and collect your thoughts, because this must be fought.
- How to overcome a creative block
The very problem of overcoming the creative stupor lies in its concrete individuality. It's like in the case of the fight against laziness, first you need to understand the cause of its occurrence. It is necessary to ask a question, for what reason there was this stagnation in creativity? And when the reasons for which the crisis arose are analyzed in the head, then it will be much easier for a person to cope with it.
The main cause of the creative crisis can safely be called overwork. In this case, a decrease in the speed of work or a complete rest will help to get out of this stupor. After all, it is impossible to work at all without rest, or in the end it will lead to the fact that working capacity will completely disappear, fatigue will appear and apathy or severe depression will set in. When a person does not forget about his own good rest and constantly alternates work with it, then again and again he returns to it full of vigor, with a charge. new energy and great enthusiasm. You can also go to the cinema to see some inspiring film, visit a photo exhibition, or go to art gallery, relax on the beach or go fishing. One person, in order to get out of a creative crisis that arose due to fatigue, just needs to sleep for a few days and be with relatives and friends, another person will be helped only by a full-fledged long vacation. Everything directly depends on how high the degree of fatigue is.
A photographer from Sweden named Kelly Gustafson says that when he has a breakdown and inspiration leaves him, he goes on vacation for two weeks. And during it, he just watches people and listens to music. For him, this is the most The best way get distracted, leave the framework of your work and overcome the stagnation in creativity.
Highly common cause the emergence of a creative stupor are personal problems: a conflict at work, a quarrel at home or with a loved one, illness of one of the relatives, and so on. creative person any trouble can completely unsettle, because he is a very vulnerable person. To overcome creative stagnation, it is necessary to understand that life is striped like a zebra. And once the troubles that have arisen will still end and all the bad things will quickly be forgotten. But the best solution here is still to do everything possible to exclude the influence of personal reasons on the creative process. It is necessary to take measures so that longing ceases to be the cause of a creative crisis, so if a quarrel has occurred with someone, you don’t have to gnaw yourself from the inside, you just need to make peace and that’s it. If a firm decision has arisen in your head to part with your loved one, then it is necessary to burn all bridges as soon as possible and start a new life.
It happens that creative stagnation occurs due to lack of information. There is only one way out, and that is to find her. Everyone has their own ways of searching, remembering and processing the information found.
An artist and designer from Michigan named Chuck Anderson often looks to bookstores for inspiration. A stack of magazines, books and a cup of coffee. He also sometimes takes a computer there, but more often he just flips through the pages and looks at other people's ideas, drawing a lot from there for himself. Various publications about music, sports, art, tattoos, culture and design - this is what Chuck Anderson likes to read the most. He is oversaturated with the amount of information received and this almost always brings him out of a creative crisis.
And here is a freelance illustrator from England, whose name is Jasper Goodall. He prefers to visit the university library in moments of lack of inspiration and completely buries himself there, in old editions of photo magazines and geographical design, choosing from there only those things that inspired his imagination. He then goes home, where he prints them out and pastes them into a specially made scrapbook. various literature. And after all this, he has a lot of new ideas in his head.
The next reason why creative stagnation occurs is the monotony of both life and one's own work. In this case, new experiences are urgently needed. It is necessary to expand your leisure time, completely change the rhythm of life and at the same time introduce something new into your work. You can, for example, take on some unusual project or change your specific workflow. Various innovations in your life can be made in different ways: make new friends, make an interior design in an apartment, and so on. It must be remembered that in creative stagnation there is a fear of everything new.
If suddenly the cause of the creative crisis was that a person is dissatisfied with his own work then you need to re-evaluate your work. Because, it happens that a person baselessly criticizes his work. In this case, it is very difficult to experience this crisis precisely for those people who endlessly delve into themselves. Of the great people, Kafk, Chekhov and Dostoevsky were inclined to this. But if in fact it turns out that the work certain person is not good enough, then you need to work on the mistakes and understand how to make it better. Here it is worth paying attention to the creativity of your colleagues, and possibly even competitors in the desired field of knowledge and try to learn something from them.
When an artist and designer from Minneapolis named Chad Hagen has a creative block, he visits places where he would have a desire to become even better. He draws attention to creativity various people and this starts his already existing creative potential. For him, the best cure for this kind of crisis is the extraordinary things that other people have done. Chad Hagen visits museums, exhibitions and galleries that reawaken his desire to return to his work and create something special.
Also, a creative crisis can arise due to work on a large-scale project, where at any stage of work on it, a person’s emotions will overflow. This may be due to huge plans, a large number various options embodiment, interweaving of several ideas that have no end. In this case, a person is frightened by the scale of the project and does not understand how and where to start, because the thoughts are all mixed up in the head, and also the deadlines put pressure on him and do not allow him to relax for a second, and this is where the creative stupor arises. The solution to this problem can only be the correct planning of your own time and the correct setting of goals. You need to disassemble your project into its component parts and determine clear deadlines and time for their implementation, make a list of tasks that need to be solved in this project. And then you can move towards implementation own object and when the first successes are achieved, they will inspire further work.
And a few more tips on how to overcome creative stagnation:
Everyone is well aware that in order to achieve or obtain a positive result in absolutely any business, it is necessary to alternate between physical and mental labor. If suddenly there comes a feeling that a creative crisis is coming, you need to load your head with physically difficult work - this is the best medicine for her at such a moment. You can visit gym, dig up a garden for relatives or friends, in general, in one word you need to sweat in literally words. After all, creative people are especially useful physical exercise, because most they spend their lives in a sitting state.
For example, a creative from California, whose name is Justin Christmayer, comes out of a creative stagnation with a rather long run. He believes that new ideas are in fat, and therefore, if you burn a small part of your fat, then you can release these ideas and find a use for them. When jogging, Justin takes with him mobile phone and writes down new ideas that suddenly arise in it.
But a photographer from Denmark named Keith Holtermand listens to music in the event of a creative block. He says that inexhaustible source inspiration is music. She is for him an assistant in raising his spirits. He created his work while listening to such amazing musicians as Sigur Rós - this is his favorite, Jonsi and Alex, Air, Dead Can Dance and others.
A writer and correspondent for a weekly called Russian Reporter, whose name is Marina Akhmedova, can write something only after a full eight hours of sleep and not a minute less, otherwise a stupor occurs in her head.
The creative director of Google named Ji Li, in turn, when a creative block occurs, does the following:
He stays in the shower for a long time and stands right under the stream of water, so he thinks in a completely different way. Gee believes that water washes away all old thoughts and there is a feeling of renewal of oneself.
Then he cleans up and puts things in order, because he cannot think fully if there is a complete mess around.
If suddenly the above two options do not work, then he goes to ride a motorcycle, completely forgetting about his project.
In the end, some of this helps him.
Death Sun, who is an artist and illustrator from California, believes that creative stagnation is very unpleasant, for this reason he tries to prevent it from occurring. There are many ways for him to make his brain work. He, for example, watches movies or reads books. It also helps Dat Sun to meet friends who have other interests.
How to do your job without leaving the creative crisis:
If suddenly there is a feeling of internal resistance and you don’t feel like working at all, then you need to force yourself to write at least one page and look at the result. After all, appetite very often comes with eating.
When there are moments of creative stupor, it is very necessary to have blanks available. For example, for a journalist, this may turn out to be an unedited or started article, or some other material left over from already published articles. They may not help you get out of a creative stupor, but when there is no inspiration, they will definitely help you not to fall face down in front of customers or your management.
At the moment when complete creative impotence sets in, one must, in no case, sit back and not torment oneself with thoughts about when it will all end. It is necessary to do the work for which there is often not enough time, namely: put all the papers on the shelves, purchase the necessary stationery items, read specialized literature, and so on. In a word, prepare yourself fully for the moment when inspiration returns.
At graphic designer from San Francisco by the name of Christopher Simons, it happens that a certain problem appears, and he often knows how to solve it, but in reality it turns out to be too complicated and he gives up. To overcome this uncertainty, he is helped by a complete switch to another type of work. This work should be simple and unrelated to the previous one. Christopher refers to such work as: cleaning the garage, painting office switches and stuff like that. After that, he returns to his problem again and looks at it with completely different eyes, because now it seems to him a mere trifle.
For each person, creative stagnation is a whole test, for some it is severe, but for others it is so-so. But one thing must be remembered that when it appears in life, it is best to turn to the above methods in order to return your entire work process to normal. These tips will also help not only to cope with the creative crisis itself, but also help to prevent its occurrence in advance.
No thoughts, no letters...
Creative crisis- this is a situation in the work of a creative when he loses inspiration and the ability to engage in creative work.
It should be emphasized that this situation is temporary and takes place in the lives of all people whose activities are associated with creativity, the need to come up with something new, original.
Problem
They say that the more creative a person is, the higher the likelihood of creative crises in his life. This is quite understandable - any rise is always followed by a decline, and laziness follows an attack of working capacity. True, a creative crisis cannot be called laziness, at least conscious. The brain just needs the opportunity to relax - that’s why it “turns off” the creative function, requiring time to recover.
Creative crisis: to find an approach to your own computer!
Such a crisis is a problem exclusively for creative people. After all mechanical work can be performed without passion, and without the need to invent something new. Know for yourself - answer calls, sell package tours to clients, deliver mail, count salaries, accept applications. At creative people everything is different - due to the peculiarities of their nature of work, they always face the need to generate original ideas, new products - whether it's an interview with a successful businessman (theater artist) or the creation of illustrations for a book.
Features of a creative crisis
- Involuntariness. You can’t get out of a creative crisis with a simple effort of will. You can, of course, force yourself to work even when "the soul does not lie", but this is unlikely to lead to a worthwhile result. That is, there will be some result, but it is unlikely that it will satisfy the author of the work, the boss and the client.
- Inefficiency. In some cases, the work can still be done, but in a crisis, a simple task can be carried ten times longer than usual.
- Perpetuity. Of course, there are deadlines for the “raid” of a creative crisis, only the creative person has no way to find out about them. The crisis may last a day or two, or it may drag on for a week or two. There are more unhappy options ... Here, how lucky.
- Lack of secrecy. It’s easy to find out that an employee is in a “crisis” - a previously executive and hardworking employee now delays completing tasks, constantly complains about feeling unwell, asks for time off, and may not even go to work. Well, if he still passes the task, then it is done at a completely uncharacteristic low or average level.
It is useless to work during a creative crisis - it is better to ventilate by going out with friends for a picnic
Ways out of the crisis
- The best way to get out of a crisis is to wait it out. Everything goes and it is also. Therefore, it is recommended not to force your creativity trying to knock something out. It is better to really take a few days off or days off to relax and recover.
- True, the above method is good if the management understands the peculiarities of creative work. Alas, this does not happen everywhere. Many bosses (especially those who are not creative themselves) are convinced that all this is nonsense, there are no crises, there is only irresponsibility and a banal unwillingness to work. You will not wait for understanding from such leaders, and the work will still have to be done (if there are no days off and the opportunity to take days “at your own expense”). How can I do that? Firstly, looking into the "zagashnik" (maybe there is something). True, for this you must have it - a folder or file where you carefully put / write down unused thoughts, ideas. Secondly, you can use old thoughts, changing them a little and correcting them (especially some old ones - no one will remember. Thirdly, you can eavesdrop, peep from other authors and make your own on this basis. Fourthly, as an option - do it as it turns out, and if no one likes it, let them delegate the task to another employee (after all, you warned that you don’t feel well, and you didn’t lie!).
Creative crisis can sometimes become a real scourge for copywriters, bloggers and, in general, all creative people, regardless of nationality, age, gender and political views. Where does it come from? How to overcome it? And how to make it occur as little as possible? Today's article will answer all these questions.
Where does creative crisis come from?
Creative crisis is a temporary state in which creative process a stupor falls, ideas run from his head like rats from a sinking ship, and he begins to officially be listed as missing.
This may be due to fatigue, stress, feeling unwell or banal. In the previous article, we considered such a negative concept as excessive motivation. It can also provoke a creative crisis.
Creative crisis: ways to overcome
Whatever reasons lead to the fiends of mental deadlocks, there are always several ways to put everything in its place, we will consider them further.
1. Good rest
One of the most innocuous ways to overcome creative block is to take a good rest, fill your life with entertainment and do what gives you pleasure. If conscience wakes up, then let him rest with you. Iron "excuse": rest is necessary for any person, no matter how hard he may be.
2. Physical activity
Physical activity is another way to overcome a creative block. Unlike rest, in this case, pleasure and entertainment are not expected, instead of them - severe trials. exercise, horizontal bars, dumbbells and other equipment.
Physical activity is useful not only because it will save you from a creative crisis, but also because an additional physical activity will keep you constantly in shape and will serve as a prevention of troubles that annoy people with a constant sedentary lifestyle.
3. Task switching
If a creative block is preventing you from moving forward in some endeavor, put it aside for a while and do something else. For example, if you are a freelancer and work from home, do the cleaning, cook dinner, hang a picture, or wash all your dirty laundry. If you work in an office, switch to other tasks, do a couple of organizational things, learn something new, etc.
Thus, you will kill two birds with one stone:
- Get over your creative block
- Do the things that you would have to do, sooner or later
4. Brainstorm
If a creative crisis leads to the fact that thoughts stubbornly refuse to come to your head or drag on one after another, getting lost on the way to your consciousness, you can speed them up. This is done with the help of the so-called brainstorming.
The essence of the method is that you switch to the idea generation mode (and only generation). At this stage, you don't think good idea or bad. You can generate complete nonsense, the main thing is to fix all thoughts.
Then see what you got. The result will lead you to new thoughts and ideas, and the work will begin to boil. In any case, analyzing the fruits of your mind generation, you will be a little distracted, and if you are lucky, you will have fun, so it certainly will not be in vain.
5. Tips
If a creative crisis torments you and haunts you, then you can always ask friends and acquaintances for advice. All people are social beings, everyone has connections, no matter what real life or on the web.
In addition, you can always use tools such as ICQ, Twitter , social media and other mediums for getting a whole bunch of advice and food for thought from people you may not even know.
6. Problems
A radical way to deal with the creative crisis. Artificial creation of problems for a sense of contrast. It is possible that by resorting to this method, you will get a sky in diamonds, headache, spoiled relationships with people, unnecessary financial expenses and total demoralization, but there will be no trace of a creative crisis. You can be sure that you will have something to say, something to describe, and you will be pierced by streams of violent feelings that you can throw out in your work.
This is the first phase. The second phase comes when you deal with your problems and experience relief. After this, any creative crisis will not be worth a damn, and, therefore, as a problem, it will cease to exist for you.
Main question: where to find problems? This goodness in Slavic countries head is enough. Flush the condom down the toilet from the upper floors, shout "Spartacus champion!" in the locker room of Dynamo Kyiv, stick your head out the window with a mop during events under the windows with the participation of senior officials - and problems will be provided.
7. Refinement and rework
If the creative crisis stubbornly does not let new ideas and thoughts come to you, you can use alternative options approach to work. One of these options is to refine or rework existing ideas.
It is physically impossible to always create something new. Whatever you do, there will always be people who have either already done something in this area, or are doing something in this moment. And if so, there are no reasons preventing you from taking someone else's idea and implementing it in your own way, making it better and finalizing it.
In this case, you:
- First, get rid of the creative block
- Secondly, develop the direction
- Thirdly, save a lot of time
Of course, the conceptual novelty cannot be compared with any refinement, but, in many cases, this is relevant and justified. Take some ideas
