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Keep the Creative Flow

 

A tireless tip, for endless ideas anywhere!


Yesterday I was at a Christmas party. While most adults were socializing, I had to get my books ready for their Amazon release. Last step -- my cartoon illustrations.

I had everything I needed. My portable Mac Air, my Wacom tablet and dedication! Too bad I left my stylus in my other bag I was thinking of to bringing with me. See, never second-guess yourself.

That left me in a rut. But what did I do - something else creative, that would make give my childlike drawings a steadier hand. Okay, that's probably a little dramatic, all I'm saying is that I wrote another book.

Mind you "Prissy Little Chloe" is mostly a cartoon per-paragraph, while the other is full a cartoon novel. So I'm really only halfway done. But I wrote it! (I started it in February, so I really only wrote maybe ten pages.)

But it's done!

Lesson here, when you get frustrated enough you'll find something else to do.

No, that's not it.

It's to keep the creative flow by getting inspired -- listening to music, playing some music (or what somewhat resembles "sound"), drawing, cooking (not for me) -- anything right-brained.

A good gauge for me is if it feels brainless, it's good.

It really does keep you engaged on your project and makes all these ideas profuse, that much more seamlessly.

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