Comments on: Beware these five creativity killers

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:21:37 +0000

Jennifer – thanks for the comment. I assume you mean the pic of me and my dog. She’s quite a character.

By: Jennifer Perry

Jennifer Perry — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:47:20 +0000

Great advice for all of us. And even if we’ve heard any of these ideas before, or just suspected they were our stumbling blocks, it helps a great deal to have someone like you to make it clear, simple and sensible.

Love the picture.

By: Ideas for blog posts - five sources of inspiration to last a lifetime

Ideas for blog posts - five sources of inspiration to last a lifetime — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:10:26 +0000

[...] answer is to get the old brain-cells whirring again. Inspiration doesn’t come to those who sit and wait for it. You have to go out and hunt it [...]

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:53:57 +0000

Good point. I guess in the raw creative stage, you’ve got to let your ideas flow. In the editing stage, you can brush up on anything that seems to lack clarity.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:45:47 +0000

Ross, I think keeping it simple definitely works in general. Certainly, clarity is more important than style in my view. But I think simplicity is sometimes something that has been mined – it has to be worked towards. If you are too obsessed with keeping everything simple during the raw creative process, then you stop yourself going in the direction your creativity takes you.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:19:47 +0000

Interesting post, Simon.

On the topic of oversimplifying, do you think the KISS (keep it simple,stupid) principle should not be applied to writing?

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:34:09 +0000

currently working for a publishing company (and doing their sites) while currently “waiting” to start a blog.

I think this post has morphed waiting to action…you know, like tomorrow or something.

anyway – the gist is: #2 is the best tip and i hope it changes my life…wow.