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Where Creative Pros Get Stuck

The Accidental Creative with Todd Henry

On this episode, we share the two common places where creative pros get stuck, and how to continue moving up the curve into rare air where you can do work worth noticing.

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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad

In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known.

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Austin Kleon
2019
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The Cure to a Creative Block is Making Something You’ll Never Show Anyone Else

So making songs now that I know aren’t going to be heard by anybody else, it is an interesting thing. Because I think you have to do that now as an artist. I really do. —Donald Glover, Grantland interview

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Herbert Lui
2016
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Now, in this powerful, straight-from-the-hip examination of the internal obstacles to success, bestselling author Steven Pressfield shows readers how to identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity.

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Steven Pressfield
2012
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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

In the early, uncertain days of the pandemic, it’s likely that your brain’s threat detection system — called the amygdala — was on high alert for fight-or-flight.

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Adam Grant
2021
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How to Quickly Get Out of a Rut

This video is about how to get out of a rut, how to get out of ruts quickly, and not necessarily how to cure depression, as depression is potentially a more serious issue, depending on your situation.... It's a Better Ideas video, and my name is Joey Schweitzer.

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2019
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Sherman Alexie: Plainspoken Inspiration

We recently spoke with Sherman Alexie by phone to hear his thoughts on inspiration, and the role it plays in his creative practice.

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Rebecca Gross, Sherman Alexie
2013
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Drawing Out the Muses: Find and Develop Unlimited Creative Inspiration From the Everyday World

Drawing Out the Muses is based on the premise that visual inspiration can be found anywhere; in nature, with household objects, though sound, using raw visual elements, dreams and even from being uninspired.

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Alexandria Levin
2014
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100+ Ways to Inspire Creative Thinking

As a writer, I am in constant search for inspiration. Sometimes it comes to me out of the blue, but for the most part, I have to work hard for it. If only the solution were as simple as flipping a switch! Having creativity exercises on deck might just serve to unleash your creativity.

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Anna
2021
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How to Unleash Your Creativity and Find Inspiration Today!

How to deal with creative or mental blocks and be inspired.

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Preson Ni
2014
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Overcoming Creative Blocks | Loop

In this discussion Matthew Herbert, Phoebe Kiddo, Young Guru and James Holden uncover the causes of (and solutions to) creative blocks. Hear from these artists how they get stuck, how they get unstuck again, and how they ultimately manage to get music made.

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2016
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Creative Well-Being