Why Good is Not the Enemy of Great (for Innovators, Creators and Artists on a Deadline)
Is good the enemy of great? I don't think so. I think 'good' is the only road to this fabled 'great'. Good is 'it works. But first, we must start.
Use a Limited Palette to Make You More Creative in Less Time (with Musical Examples)
Coming up with ideas can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be. In this post, I'll go into more detail about a particular form of restriction that's very common in music - the 'limited palette'.
How to Generate Great Creative Ideas: Refresh and Get Perspective
You're staring at that blank page. It's scary, and you want to get ideas onto it fast just to take away the terror... But wait, there might be a better way. Generating those lusciously original ideas, to order, can be a tricky venture if you don't have strategies - but stick with me, I've got …
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5 Strategies to Generate Great Creative Ideas by Imposing Restrictions
You want to get something quick onto that scary blank page. Generate great, original, creative ideas by (counterintuitively) imposing restrictions. You need new, juicy, creative ideas, and you need them now. This is how to get them on tap, stat. (Yes I do rather love E.R. and I'm binging series after series of Grey's Anatomy …
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5 Mind-Freeing Strategies Guaranteed to Generate Great Creative Ideas
How do you generate great creative ideas when you're faced with the abject terror of the blank page?! Here are my tried-and-tested strategies for composing music and beyond. These are the methods of idea generation I've actually done. They all work. The order doesn't matter. Not a composer? They'll work great in any line of …
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