{"id":19698,"date":"2020-05-23T18:19:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19698"},"modified":"2022-08-01T22:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:30:29","slug":"kill-creative-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/kill-creative-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Tips to Cure a Creative Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working as a freelance designer, writer, video editor is hard. There\u2019s usually no support \u2014 it\u2019s a lonely road. The most annoying thing about doing creative work on your own is the \"creative blocks\" (should we call them monsters?) you hit from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re scary, those damn monsters. They\u2019ll get your agent angry, your readers unhappy, and your clients running. The reason they attack is because your day-to-day state really affects your work. The way you feel on a consistent basis determines the quality and refinement of your efforts.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a way to survive. First, you can avoid everything by just making sure you keep the monster inside you happy. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/increase-creativity\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 7 Effective Ways to Increase Your Creativity\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 Effective Ways to Increase Your Creativity<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/increase-creativity.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16202 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/increase-creativity.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">7 Effective Ways to Increase Your Creativity<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoost your creativity with these practical tips and techniques. Learn how to increase productivity and generate new ideas....\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Create your micro-cosmos<\/h2>\n<p>Your workspace is like the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/beautiful-ipad-fingerpaint-piece-de-resistance\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">painter\u2019s canvas<\/a>. <strong>Don\u2019t keep it clean; <\/strong>keep it inspiring. If you\u2019re a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/home-office-tips\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neat, tidy person<\/a> and order inspires you, then yes, clean it up. If not, and you\u2019re like the majority of creators out there, make sure your workspace is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comfortable for your body<\/li>\n<li>Isolated\/Undisturbed by an outside presence<\/li>\n<li>Easy to get to, preferably in your house<\/li>\n<li>Has writing equipment for jotting down ideas<\/li>\n<li>Full of the things you like (no matter how ridiculous others may think it is)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/kill-creative-monsters\/comfy-workplace.jpg\" alt=\"comfy-workplace\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/creative-working-from-home\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Stay Creative While Working From Home\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Stay Creative While Working From Home<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/creative-working-from-home.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16792 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/creative-working-from-home.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Stay Creative While Working From Home<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWorking from home is a dream come true for a lot of us. We get to choose our...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Set a quota<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Set a goal for yourself.<\/strong> If you\u2019re a writer, set a daily amount of pages you\u2019ll write. Anthony Trollope, a well-known, successful novelist of the 19th century was known to force himself to write 3000 words (250 words per 15 mins, for 3 hours) before going off to his job at the postal service. This he kept up for 33 years, in the span of which he wrote more than two dozen books.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in other funky targets and rituals that creative people have used over the centuries, check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\/Daily-Rituals-How-Artists-Work\/dp\/0307273601\/?tag=dailrout20\"><em>Daily Rituals: How Artists Work<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Create a work ritual<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike some people think, a routine work schedule <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/unleash-creativity-workplace\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helps your creativity<\/a> in that it helps you achieve the before-mentioned quota. <strong>A routine is just another sort of ritual<\/strong>, which takes place in your micro-cosmos.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/kill-creative-monsters\/work-ritual.jpg\" alt=\"work-ritual\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\"><\/figure>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nude Ritual: <\/strong>Victor Hugo wrote <em>The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame<\/em> while in his house, totally naked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Done by noon, drunk by three\" routine: <\/strong>The phrase comes directly from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/historic-freelancers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernest Hemingway<\/a>, who used to apply it thoroughly while writing <em>The Old Man And The Sea<\/em>. He stops working at noon and gets drunk, daily. Fun times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing horizontally or vertically: <\/strong>Albert Camus wrote while standing. Prust, Twain and Orwell did so while lying in bed horizontally. Heck, Kafka is rumoured to have stood on his head for creativity. Whatever floats your boat, really.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not sleeping: <\/strong>Painter Salvador Dali is famous for his sleep tricks. He\u2019d use all sorts of waking up mechanisms as soon as sleep would take him \u2013 slipping keys from his hand which banged against carefully placed metal plates for example. He said it made him more productive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/balancing-stress-productivity\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Counter Stress and Create Productivity for Entrepreneurs\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Counter Stress and Create Productivity for Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/balancing-stress-productivity.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18471 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/balancing-stress-productivity.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Counter Stress and Create Productivity for Entrepreneurs<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery morning, I open my eyes filled with a singular determination to achieve more. Expand my business, pen...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Killing the \"Monster\"<\/h2>\n<p>If all else fails, and you find that you\u2019ve awakened the monster, and the giant comes running at you, grabbing you by the neck, you should, with the last life you\u2019ve got left in you, do the following.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start working anyway<\/strong>, despite the fact you don\u2019t feel too creative. Don\u2019t analyze your work, just compose. No judgement, just creation. Go ahead and create, not thinking about the way in which you do it. Often times, that\u2019s enough to loosen the monster\u2019s furry grip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/finding-writing-zone\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Find, Enter and Maintain Your Writing Zone\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Find, Enter and Maintain Your Writing Zone<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/finding-writing-zone.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-19383 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/finding-writing-zone.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Find, Enter and Maintain Your Writing Zone<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in the writing zone with ease. Learn methods to align mind and body for a supercharged writing...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re still barely clinging on to life, do the exercises below. Their goal is to jumpstart your brain\u2019s software, literally \"warming up\" your creativity by putting your synapses and neural pathways to work!<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 1. Inner World Reflection<\/h2>\n<p>This comes straight from philosopher Robert Anton Wilson\u2019s bestseller, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\/Prometheus-Rising-Robert-Anton-Wilson\/dp\/1561840564\"><em>Prometheus Rising<\/em><\/a>. In the book, Robert talks about <strong>conquering our potential through<\/strong> understanding the way our brain is wired. One of the exercises goes as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Think about the electrons in your body. Then go bigger. Think about the atom containing them and their movement. Then ponder about your molecules. Scale up and think about the nucleus of the cell which contains all that matter. Then the cell itself.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/kill-creative-monsters\/inner-world-reflection.jpg\" alt=\"inner-world-reflection\" width=\"800\" height=\"774\"><\/figure>\n<p>Work your way up through the body, thinking about each tiny bit, constantly increasing the size of the lens through which you look. After that, your body, your room, house, neighborhood, area code, district, city, country, continent, planet. Try to have a satellite view of each, thinking about as many details as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, you should be at the edge of the observable universe. Here\u2019s a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scaleofuniverse.com\/\">tool to help<\/a> you with this exercise.<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 2. The Daydream Rapid Synapse Connection<\/h2>\n<p>This exercise is my favorite. It\u2019s tons of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Just pick something to think about. Let\u2019s say a rabbit. Then, as fast as you can, find the <strong>next logical connection in your mind<\/strong>. Let\u2019s say rabbit makes you think about running. Then what does running make you think about? Maybe Usain Bolt, maybe the speed of sound or maybe standing still.<\/p>\n<p>This exercise works on your <strong>own personal universe of mind connections<\/strong>. It should be done for at least a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In that time, you should have covered dozens of even hundreds of elements, and you\u2019ll find yourself in a very, very different space then when you\u2019ve started.<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 3. Inspiration by Visualization<\/h2>\n<p>Go online and watch videos like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-19by6\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9D05ej8u-gU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out sites like 500px, deviantART, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/designers-tumblr-blogs\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/photography-portfolios-blogs\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photography<\/a>. Search for tags such as \"weird\". You\u2019ll be amazed at what you find.<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise 4. Shifting Your Reality Tunnel<\/h2>\n<p>Find something you\u2019re really against and write 5 arguments if favor of it. <strong>Make it a really taboo topic. <\/strong>Trying to understand somebody else\u2019s totally different belief system and values (even when they are totally wrong) will develop new neural pathways.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure it\u2019s <strong>something you have a strong opinion about<\/strong>, like teenage pregnancy, abortion, death penalty or your mom\u2019s cooking.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/kill-creative-monsters\/shifting-reality.jpg\" alt=\"shifting-reality\" width=\"800\" height=\"746\"><\/figure>\n<p>Whatever the topic, shifting your reality tunnel and your beliefs, even for just a moment, by looking through the eyes of \"your enemy\" is hard \u2013 but it\u2019s sure to get your creative juices flowing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working as a freelance designer, writer, video editor is hard. 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