ideas
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Kill Your Old Ideas So You Can Be More Creative
I spent 10 years “writing” a TV show about Silicon Valley. I spent hundreds of hours talking about it, collecting ideas in a giant Evernote file, brainstorming the soundtrack — but not much time writing it. Because every time I thought I had a handle on it, I thought of a better version. Over the…
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How Isaac Asimov Avoided ‘Getting Stuck’ While Working
When you’ve hit a wall while working on a project, there’s no sense in banging your head against it. Here’s how Isaac Asimov, the prolific science fiction author and science writer, worked his way through creative blocks.
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Improve Your Creative Writing By Practising The Art Of The Dirty Joke
Creative writing is a unique beast among writers. You can get swept away writing out every detail of a room, or stuff your stories with characters and too many plot twists. If you want to refine your stories, practise with a dirty joke.
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For More Creative Problem Solving, Follow These Five Steps
Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process, and this article explains how this process works. Understanding this is important because creative thinking is one of the most useful skills you can possess. Nearly every problem you face in work and in life can benefit from creative solutions, lateral thinking and innovative ideas.