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⌈ Secret Post #6259 ⌋

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Re: Kind of inspired by #2 - creativity question

[(Anonymous)]

For me personally, there are stages that keep the creativity everflowing - even if I'm not always actively working on my creative works.

1) Allow creativity into your every day - I give a lot of thought into what I write to others, even texts; I doodle even though I'm not a good drawer; I cook as an avenue that connects to my creativity, when I wear makeup, style my clothing, etc. Expressions of my creativity aren't just in my writings.
2) Give yourself room to study/to learn - what are other creatives in your area of interest doing? what have you done in the past that worked for you? take your time figuring out what works for you and what doesn't
3) Have short term goals and long term goals - short term goals means you are getting things going; long term goals means you have a bigger goal to strive toward. full purpose is to have the short term goals help you improve and to help your long term goals seem attainable as time goes on. also, on an extremely personal level, this helps my anxieties so I don't hyperfocus on one project being the end all, be all project that tortures me and burns me out
4) writing wise - write A LOT; journal, write DMs/emails to a long distance friend, write prompts/original ideas/long fics/short fics/drawer fics, write about your day dreams, write about your real dreams. the only way to improve and to get started is to...start
Somewhere, anywhere

*when I was young - and even to this day, though to a lesser degree - I tried to imitate to tone/style of some of my favorite writers. it helped me learn how to get comfortable writing and as the years have gone by I think I've just more or less just learned how to pull out my own personal style in my writings which I picked up from so many writers - taking what works for me, dropping what doesn't.
I hope it makes sense?
I think it rings similarly to this video I watched about how creatives will try to imitate those that inspire/influence them but failing to recreate the influence is the POINT, because it is there that one finds their true creative voice. I couldn't find the video but it was really insightful in what inspiration means rather than plagiarizing or imitating things you like.

*allow your interests to be expansive; writing fiction stories one may think I lean on authors and novels as my "main" interests but I find so much fun in learning how other creatives work whether it be a writer who writes stories, a chef running a restaurant, a filmmaker shooting a film, or any other form of creativity or creation

Creativity is a process that works differently for everyone but in broad strokes I'd say, allow yourself to be creative as much as possible even in seemingly small and insignificant ways, allow a lot in and filter out what works for you and what doesn't. Creativity IMO has no real ends or limitations.

Also, there was a video essay on The Bear (I tried finding the video but I watch so much YT I couldn't find it) and they quoted Ira Glass about the creative process. About how when we create something it will be bad. But it's our taste that lets us know that what we're creating is bad but also what drives to want to create to begin with.

Keep creating!

Re: Kind of inspired by #2 - creativity question

[(Anonymous)]

This is such a thoughtful and positive reply - thank you!