Essays About Creativity

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You're Weird

Exceed algorithmic description - make art the computer cannot categorise!

• 4 minute read

Five Miscellaneous Things

Poetry, filmmaking, graphic novels and visual storytelling - take your pick!

• 6 minute read

Practicing Scales

Some practical advice on how filmmakers can build a daily practice habit that improves their craft.

• 6 minute read

Outsider's Luck

Do people who aren’t trying so hard have some kind of outsider’s advantage?

• 2 minute read

Musical Interval

Playing around with loops and ossilations, I discover whale music inside a 95-year-old song.

• 3 minute read

Building A Body Of Work

You’re not just publishing into a never ending stream, you’re building a library of work

• 3 minute read

On Being Busy

Is busyness really a trap? Or is a sign of a life well-lived? Is creative energy a finite resource or something abundant?

• 4 minute read

The Sleep Consultant

Robin Sloan asks a critical question for creators — what does it mean to love something on the internet today?

• 3 minute read

The Screenplay Problem

The problem with screenwriting as a creative pursuit, and three ideas to fix it.

• 3 minute read

It's Telling You What It Wants To Be

Thoughts on the creative process and letting the work tell you what it wants to be.

• 3 minute read

Trust The Process

Thoughts on patience and the creative process on months-long projects.

• 2 minute read