Comments on: The Cycle of Creativity and How to Ride It http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/ Unmissable articles on writing. Twice weekly. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 100 Essential Tips & Tools for Writers of the Future | Associate Degree - Facts and Information http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-10524 100 Essential Tips & Tools for Writers of the Future | Associate Degree - Facts and Information Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:02:15 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-10524 [...] Learn when you’re most creative: Everyone has a creative cycle: learn what time of day you’re most creative, and schedule your writing time around it. [...] [...] Learn when you’re most creative: Everyone has a creative cycle: learn what time of day you’re most creative, and schedule your writing time around it. [...]

]]> By: J.Morgan http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-10298 J.Morgan Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:02 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-10298 I totaly get it. My world revolves around my inspiration waves. It comes in then leaves me on dry land to gasp for breath. I've been trying to break the cycle myself and so far it has gotten better, I think your advise will help too. Thanks. I totaly get it.

My world revolves around my inspiration waves. It comes in then leaves me on dry land to gasp for breath. I’ve been trying to break the cycle myself and so far it has gotten better, I think your advise will help too.

Thanks.

]]> By: janice http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9968 janice Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:57:22 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9968 That retreat could be <i>real</i>?! Lend me lots of money for the plane then count me in! That retreat could be real?! Lend me lots of money for the plane then count me in!

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9952 Mary Jaksch Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:52:19 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9952 Hi friends - the writing idea was an idea that suddenly shot through my head. But it would actually be a fantastic thing, right? I'll have a chat to Leo about it. Tess, your on! I'll definitely ask for your help. Thanks for your comments on creativity. I'm fascinated by the whole idea of inspiration. My tagline on Goodlife ZEN says "Practical inspiration. For a better life". Practical inspiration. Yes, for me the emphasis is on 'practical'. I think creativity isn't just something that happens to us. We can meet it half way! Let's talk more about this when we're sipping Margaritas at sundown, eh? Hi friends – the writing idea was an idea that suddenly shot through my head. But it would actually be a fantastic thing, right? I’ll have a chat to Leo about it.

Tess, your on! I’ll definitely ask for your help.

Thanks for your comments on creativity. I’m fascinated by the whole idea of inspiration. My tagline on Goodlife ZEN says “Practical inspiration. For a better life”.

Practical inspiration. Yes, for me the emphasis is on ‘practical’. I think creativity isn’t just something that happens to us. We can meet it half way!

Let’s talk more about this when we’re sipping Margaritas at sundown, eh?

]]> By: Tess The Bold Life http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9943 Tess The Bold Life Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9943 I'm in for the writing retreat. If you need any help planning let me know. If nobody else is interested we can go together. Sounds great! I’m in for the writing retreat. If you need any help planning let me know. If nobody else is interested we can go together. Sounds great!

]]> By: Nadia - Happy Lotus http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9931 Nadia - Happy Lotus Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:03:19 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9931 Hi Mary, In my mind, creativity is a way of life. Just as a professional has to be an expert in their field, a writer has to be the same with the genre he/she chooses to write about via their blog or whatever. The only to do that is to just be knowledgeable on the topic and to have an open mind. So I am with Janice on this one because it truly is a matter of opening your eyes to what is around you and recognizing the inspiration that is there. Hi Mary,

In my mind, creativity is a way of life. Just as a professional has to be an expert in their field, a writer has to be the same with the genre he/she chooses to write about via their blog or whatever. The only to do that is to just be knowledgeable on the topic and to have an open mind. So I am with Janice on this one because it truly is a matter of opening your eyes to what is around you and recognizing the inspiration that is there.

]]> By: Oke http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9930 Oke Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:14:47 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9930 I guess I never really think about it to this extreme. For me I get inspiration from everywhere, just as you stated in your post, however, there is a time to rest and just be easy about life all together. I usually get tons of ideas for blog post, essays, short stories, and mini stories from my novel through observation of events around me, and whatever I read. However, I from time to time get burned out and have to resort to doing nothing. Doing nothing helps me figure out what is important and not. When this is done it gives me the chance to be totally honest with myself on the direction I want to go with whatever I am writing. I guess I never really think about it to this extreme. For me I get inspiration from everywhere, just as you stated in your post, however, there is a time to rest and just be easy about life all together.

I usually get tons of ideas for blog post, essays, short stories, and mini stories from my novel through observation of events around me, and whatever I read. However, I from time to time get burned out and have to resort to doing nothing. Doing nothing helps me figure out what is important and not. When this is done it gives me the chance to be totally honest with myself on the direction I want to go with whatever I am writing.

]]> By: Van http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9929 Van Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:33:27 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9929 I recently started a new blog, a real and virtual afghan in which each knitted square corresponds to a story in the blog. I have been using the knitting part as a kind of ecstatic play in which the story generating goes on. It takes about two hours to choose yarn and knit a square. Once it is finished I must sit down and write the story, and I use the incentive that once it is posted I can choose yarn and move onto a new square. Obviously this creativity cycle is multi-layered because there is more than one process going on, but I'm finding it very fertile. It has also brought the observation and analysis steps into clearer focus for me. Thanks for this post. It gives me some great insight into this exciting thing that's going on. I will use observation and analysis to figure out how I can sustain other more difficult writing projects! I recently started a new blog, a real and virtual afghan in which each knitted square corresponds to a story in the blog. I have been using the knitting part as a kind of ecstatic play in which the story generating goes on. It takes about two hours to choose yarn and knit a square. Once it is finished I must sit down and write the story, and I use the incentive that once it is posted I can choose yarn and move onto a new square. Obviously this creativity cycle is multi-layered because there is more than one process going on, but I’m finding it very fertile. It has also brought the observation and analysis steps into clearer focus for me. Thanks for this post. It gives me some great insight into this exciting thing that’s going on. I will use observation and analysis to figure out how I can sustain other more difficult writing projects!

]]> By: Catherine Franz http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9928 Catherine Franz Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:20:26 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9928 Mary, the information you provided was wonderful. It sparked my own creativity to remember the three stages of energy through the Cycle of Creativity. I just finished writing about it on my blog (of course, mentioning your article and giving credit). You may want to visit: http://abundance.blogs.com/pronfwriter/ @ProNFwriter (Twitter) Mary, the information you provided was wonderful. It sparked my own creativity to remember the three stages of energy through the Cycle of Creativity.

I just finished writing about it on my blog (of course, mentioning your article and giving credit). You may want to visit:

http://abundance.blogs.com/pronfwriter/

@ProNFwriter (Twitter)

]]> By: Paul Gatti http://writetodone.com/2009/06/02/how-to-ride-the-cycle-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-9927 Paul Gatti Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:52:03 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1311#comment-9927 Ciò che scrivi è molto interessante. Peccato solo non saper leggere l'inglese. Ciò che scrivi è molto interessante. Peccato solo non saper leggere l’inglese.

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