9 Strategies to Enhance Your Creativity and Break Through Blocks

By Amy Isaman | April 30, 2015

School is all about rote memory, conformity, and following the rules. But when we’re immersed in a world of testing and non-creativity, how do we develop some of our creative skills? We work at it. In fact, creativity is more about working really hard and dedicating ourselves to some sort of creative pursuits than waiting…

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Hitting the Writing Wall and Blasting Through

By Amy Isaman | October 3, 2013

How many new pieces do you start in a year? Can you even answer that question? Or is it too many to count? In my experience, the number tends to be high. Why? Because creatives ooze great ideas and stories, and starting stories is the fun part of writing. Anything can happen. Creativity soars. Then,…

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