A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it.
As a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off.
I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not scribble anything down. As soon as I write it down, my mind rejects it.
As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.
You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface.
You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.
When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into my head and eventually begins to jell. When something hits me, I write it down immediately. I don't wait, or it's gone.