When I am in a creative rut, it helps me to block off time on my calendar similar to your deadline suggestion.
My second strategy is to talk it out with a person or group of persons that are creative as well like the quilting bees of olden days. The face to face interaction is important here. I find the ideas flow more freely in person. This strategy is similar to your demo.
It helps to remind us that some inventions/creations were developed in 30 minutes and others over years.
Unsticky Notes: This is one of those brilliant things that you run across one day, download and forget, then rediscover.
Inspired (I guess) by Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies” set of cards to pick from randomly when you are stuck on a creative task, these cards are specifically for game design.
Print them out onto card and cut them out.
It took some time to rediscover the original authors: Copyright 2012 Jonathan Leistiko and Sharon Cichelli, who say you can make one copy for personal non-commercial use.
When I am in a creative rut, it helps me to block off time on my calendar similar to your deadline suggestion.
My second strategy is to talk it out with a person or group of persons that are creative as well like the quilting bees of olden days. The face to face interaction is important here. I find the ideas flow more freely in person. This strategy is similar to your demo.
It helps to remind us that some inventions/creations were developed in 30 minutes and others over years.
Great advice. I agree that thinking out loud often yields good ideas!
Unsticky Notes: This is one of those brilliant things that you run across one day, download and forget, then rediscover.
Inspired (I guess) by Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies” set of cards to pick from randomly when you are stuck on a creative task, these cards are specifically for game design.
Print them out onto card and cut them out.
It took some time to rediscover the original authors: Copyright 2012 Jonathan Leistiko and Sharon Cichelli, who say you can make one copy for personal non-commercial use.
https://brtrain.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unsticky_notes_ready_for_card_cutter.pdf
Thanks Brian, these look really useful. Lots of cards, too — wouldn’t see the same thing twice for a long time.
Depends on how stuck you are!