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Joseph J. Bailey
I'm in the process of writing a book on creativity. There are so many answers, including:
Be patient
Sleep on it
Change your setting
Use thought experiments
Combine two dissimilar ideas
Change your state of mind
Change your frame of reference
Have good conversations
Work on something else
Trust in yourself
Read/explore/research related topics of interest
Challenge yourself to come up with new ideas
Work on another section of your story
Ask yourself and think about, "What happens next?" especially before going to sleep
Keep a calm mind
Reread what you've written to fill in gaps and get new ideas
And many more...
Be patient
Sleep on it
Change your setting
Use thought experiments
Combine two dissimilar ideas
Change your state of mind
Change your frame of reference
Have good conversations
Work on something else
Trust in yourself
Read/explore/research related topics of interest
Challenge yourself to come up with new ideas
Work on another section of your story
Ask yourself and think about, "What happens next?" especially before going to sleep
Keep a calm mind
Reread what you've written to fill in gaps and get new ideas
And many more...
Joseph J. Bailey
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few. --Shunryu Suzuki
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