Major Project - My Creative Process

My creative process consists of getting in the right frame of mind for writing.

Although I could sit down at a desk with the best intentions if I wasn't in the right mindset I would get nothing done and feel bad about it. I found that pressure was my enemy, even though it does help motivate me to do work it can also be my undoing.

Here is what I did to maximise my chances of getting in the right mindset.

1) I deleted all the game applications off my phone, its too easy to be distracted by

2) Watching programs and films that inspire me allowed for ideas to flow better in my mind.

3) Saying out loud to myself what I wanted to achieve today. It sounds silly but saying it out loud seemed to cement it in my mind.

4) Using a paper and pad took away a key source of distractions.

5) Telling people I would be doing a task.

6) Finding the right location to work, where I can't easily escape from the task.

7) Having frequent short breaks, although it may sound counter-productive to have lots of breaks. being able to cut up the work into manageable chunks makes it a lot less daunting.

8) Avoid negatives, instead of telling myself of the work I hadn't done or needed to do, I would try to encourage myself with the work I had done.

These "Tricks" didn't always work but they did help, I found that the process of writing on paper was key, it helped me focus away from distractions and gave me better control on how I wanted the emphasize certain actions. The ability to quickly go through and add notes was extremley helpful and then making a digital version of the script allowed me to polish it off quite nicely.