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Varsha Shah's avatar

Utterly brilliant. So much on creativity is cliched - this is the opposite. Every creative idea I’ve had can be traced to one of these points - not that I would have been able to articulate it like this or known how to recreate it. I do now thanks to this list . Many thanks for the great posts as always. One other way I find is rituals - coffee and a candle. Don’t know why but my writing is better when I have those by my laptop!

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George Mack's avatar

Coffee and a candle. The two C's.

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David Butler's avatar

One technique I use in my writing is to allow space to explore my most outlandish ideas. The bigger, grander and more absurd the better.

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George Mack's avatar

80% of the game is escaping self-imposed prisons.

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RL's avatar

good one, this!

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