Snowflake Challenge 2015 - Day 3

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snowflake_challenge  - Day 3

In your own space, talk about your creative process - from what inspires you to what motivates you to how you manage to break through blocks. Does your process change depending on the type of creating you're doing? 

This has actually always been my biggest problem: if I  HAVE to be creative then I can't be, if I MUST have an idea, then I can't think of any. It was a problem at school, at uni and even at work. That's why I shy away from writing-challenges. Too much pressure. It works better with art. At least my recent participation in bandom_holidays was a lot of fun for me.

@gerardway tweeted today: "Any time I make any kind of art- paint, music, writing-I like it at first, then I hate it,then I stick it out, then I love it"

I'm not very good at sticking it out yet, so my writings are mostly very short, but I'm going through the other phases he mentions as well. In the end I'm only putting out what I really love, so even if noone else might like it, at least I will.

I'm not constantly creative, but when I have an idea I cannot stop until I have written it down or made the first draft. An inspiration can be something I'm suddenly thinking about, a prompt, a tweet, anything actually. I don't have much time for creativity outside of my long work-days, so I'm patient and don't try to force it.

My biggest motivation to create are my own ideas and of course I love positive feedback, be it kudos or comments. But what I found out over the last years is that being in a community with other people being creative and excited about what they do also helps me a lot. When I see filled prompts in bandom_meme I feel inspired to try things myself. When my small circle of the first fandom that I was in held the Drabble Day challenge, releasing prompts every hour for one day, I started to have ideas, even if there were only sixty minutes until the next prompt.

The snowflake_challenge  also motivates me because it shows the fannish-enthusiasm of so many people and therefore it's a wonderful way to start the new year.

Comments

[akamine_chan]

<3

[sdk]

I like it at first, then I hate it,then I stick it out, then I love it

That is SO TRUE. Though I don't always make it through the sticking it out phase either!

[doctor_jasley]

having a community to be immersive with can be SUPER helpful for the creative process :)

[turlough]

It's so interesting to hear about the diferent ways people approach the creative process. Just like you I feel that being immersed in a fannish community really helps my creativity. And yes, seeing others getting inspired and creating things helps me feel inspired too!

[turps]

I'm not very good at sticking it out yet, so my writings are mostly very short, but I'm going through the other phases he mentions as well. In the end I'm only putting out what I really love, so even if noone else might like it, at least I will.

I think that's an excellent way to approach things, and if you do want to write long, I'm sure that'll come, too.