Social media, SEO, marketing and writingDemystifying the Creative Process
Three-time Academy Award winning songwriter, the late Paul Francis Webster, once said that two of the most creative places he had experienced were “on a train from Los Angeles to New York and at the top of the highest hill in Hong Kong.” It is very true that certain places stimulate the creative juices more than others.
Creative people ask questions. What if I switched things around? How about an overseas setting for this story or book? Could a key element from one work be shifted to another?
The creative process thrives on experimentation, first trying one thing and then another. Thomas Edison, creative genius that he was on inventions, was never despondent throughout the 10,000 attempts to find something that would work for the electric light. Edison’s reaction was direct and simple: “We know this idea won’t work so that means we’re just one step closer to finding what will work.” Eventually, he found a filament that became the solution for the electric light.
