The Creative Instinct

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Right then – in part 1 and part 2 of this series I’ve looked at the pros and cons of delayed and instant gratification.
As Gaina suggests in the comments for Part 2, hitting the right balance is vital. Like most things in life, it’s going to one [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Okay – so you read (I hope) the case for incorporating a delayed gratification approach into your creative life – now, for the first time anywhere (so far as I know), here is the case against – or:
Why Instant Gratification Rules
Note: I’m taking a devil’s advocate stance [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Have you ever given up something pleasurable now in order to reap greater rewards later? That’s delayed gratification. And I’ll bet you’ve also decided to blow the consequences and take the pleasure now. That’s instant gratification.
In this post I’m going to present the standard arguments for delayed [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Here’s a question to mull over – what happens if your definition of the word success is so difficult to attain that it cripples your ability to achieve it and blinds you to the very real successes that you can (maybe already have) achieved?
The trouble with the [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

In my previous post, Planning and Goal Setting – a Message for the Terrified I talked about the difficulty many creative people have in applying goal setting and planning to their own artistic medium. We looked at how fear, bad experiences, negative image and a lack of [...]