How to Reach Creative Peaks

For the past ten years, I have successfully finished NaNoWriMo, writing over 50k words in 30 days each time. Here’s my list of eight helpful suggestions for unleashing your creative side…

• Live genuinely: this entails putting your faith in your inner self and your own abilities above the use of artificial intelligence instruments.

• Make use of new viewpoints to enhance creative thinking. View the situation from the perspective of a different character or in reverse. Determine alternate viewpoints, or contrasting ways of thinking, to test and challenge your inbuilt biases

• Take note of any gut signals (intuition) or subconscious cues, and bring those half-hidden ideas to the surface in your writing. Give yourself room and (silent) time to set the stage for listening to those inner feelings. And note them when they arrive!

• Distinguish what is deemed an acceptable achievement by the ‘outside’ world to what is creatively possible in the limited time that you have. Success might not need you to write an entire book or commit to a whole bunch of words, just to hit some arbitrary wordcount; Instead, achievement might involve the actions you took just after pausing for a while to take notice of your feelings. Those actions don’t have to involve writing! Those actions might just be you coming to terms with abstract notions & thoughts. It’s important to understand that abstract thoughts are the nourishment of creation.

• To help calm your creative spirit before you stiffen your resolve to start writing, use mood boards, music, and art
  

Steer clear of non-creative distractions, such as gaming and social networking. However, watching documentaries, listening to music, going to museums & galleries, and reading (good) books will help you become inspired

Permit yourself to have fun. Scribble, doodle, or illustrate. Make use of textures and colours. Create a fresh look for yourself. Assemble Lego. Make a clay model. Engage in hands-on work to construct something that’s fun: this will stimulate your cognitive functions.

Since creativity requires a lot of energy, you must nourish yourself by eating a well-balanced diet, exercising, and—above all—permitting yourself plenty of rest


Good luck with NaNoWriMo 😊

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