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    How to be CREATIVE

    Apr 01, 2021 5 minutes
    Author James McCreet

    For many writers, the urge to write is often stymied by the issue of what to write about. Craft is not the same as creativity. As ever, trusting in the muse, in inspiration or in nebulous concepts of talent gets you only so far. Consistency and process are the keys to ceaseless creativity. How can you organise your time and your work so that you’re always coming up with outlets for your writing?

    Multitask your input

    Maybe you’re a poet. Or a novelist. Or a blogger. It’s easy to get caught up in your own small corner of creativity and focus only on that. However, creativity is very often a result of cross-fertilisation. Ideas can come from anywhere, but you have to be looking out for them.

    You’re probably already reading a variety of different material, from books to magazines to internet information.

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