Introduction

Connection

Benefits

Experience

Barriers

Outlets

Commitment

Space

Focus

Goals

Criticism

Droughts

Depressed?

Manic?

Exercises

Resources

Dealing with Creative Droughts

Many people find that exercise, a long walk for example, clears the head and prompts creative insight. (This is where an inexpensive voice recorder can come in handy.) Actually, intense focus on any other activity can do the same—even dishwashing!

Try not to worry too much about the end product of your work. Instead, learn and honor your creative process.

Stretching