How can a person unlock their creativity?

Question

I always feel like i have a "book" in me, but when I try to sit down and write my mind goes blank! I cant help thinking everything I write is utter crap.

Also I want to be better at needlework and stuff like that but I'm so clumsy! How do I just get better at creative/artistic stuff?

Answer 1

I've always believed that 'inspiration' is the key to most creativity in life. As a professional artist, I am still constantly in search of that tiny spark which, I know, will ignite my passion and energies.

You need to relax and not force yourself to create that story or piece of needlework because you may believe something inside of you says it 'has to happen' right there and then.

Which sort of writers inspire you? Would you see yourself as a future J.K. Rowling or a modern day Jane Austen? Read up on the great works of literature or, better still, browse through some of the short stories in magazines and papers; most of these have been submitted by people just like you. They can be the springboard for bigger things ahead.

Don't assume everything you write is rubbish. Even if an editor rejects it, that still doesn't mean it's no good. You really need to persist ... rather like a terrier with a rag. Believe me, I ought to know!

Contemporary embroidery is also an art not to be sneezed at. Have a look at the V&A museum or, if you can't get there, go to the library and read up on their history of great art and crafts. I am sure you can find art & craft fairs locally to give you inspiration (plus a few handy tips!) especially as the festive season approaches.

If you think you 'have it in you' then, frankly, you obviously have. Sit down, take a deep breath, and tell yourself you can do it!

Good luck!

Answer 2

I know exactly how you feel! You may have a million amazing ideas in your head for a story, but when you get the time to write, it all goes away. I guess try to go over it in your head. Think about your plot and plan it out. Then when you sit down to write just write and see what happens. Walk away, then come back later and look over it and slowly take out words and add ideas here and there and see what happens until you've got your final print.
With needlepoint and such, I would suggest maybe going to the library and checking out some books on it. I work at the library and they have ALOT of books about things like that. Or maybe rent a dvd or something or a go to a needlepoint class at Michaels if they have one. Get involved in classes like that and try and find your nitch, what your best at creatively. Everyone is different. I hope I helped some! Have fun!! :)

Answer 3

always carry a tiny notebook with u. the sec u thimk of an idea, jot it down along with anything else. that way, when u sit down to write, you will know wat u were thinking the day u thought of it. as for the needlework problem, i dont know what to do!

if this truly helped you, plz make it best answer! i need to become lvl 3!

Answer 4

In a strict experience, it relatively is nonsense. A partial description of awareness is that it relatively is justified and believed. it relatively is impossible to justify something one is unaware of and a perception isn't a perception except you're attentive to it. how are you able to have self belief in hoopdoodles except you're attentive to them? In a loose experience, somebody ought to be asking, are there truths we don't be attentive to yet, and of direction it relatively is in all probability real. on the different hand your point out of concept and so on. jogs my memory of the previous Greek concept that awareness is something we purely bear in mind. This comes from the Meno, considered one of Plato's dialogues. the concern-loose concept is something like quite a few awareness is interior us, unconsciously in case you will, and as quickly as we learn something we are purely remembering something we forgot. The resource of concept, perception, creativity is an exciting question. in my view, i think of they're diverse from awareness in a strict experience. in spite of each and every thing, how do you justify a haiku? Or have self belief an concept?

Answer 5

Get yourself in some serious drama. Or, find something/someone that inspires you everytime you see it/them. It works wonders for me when I write my poems.