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Creative Blocks

My new book: Motivation for Creative People

After 18 months, four drafts and countless cups of coffee, my new book Motivation for Creative People is finally complete.…

Unlock Your Creativity (and Win Pitches) by Starting at the Finish Line

Image by digitalista via BigStock When I teach my workshop on 'Fundraising for Artists,' we play this game: I give…

How Interrupting Your Sleep Can Silence Your Doubts and Boost Your Creativity

Are you the type of creative person who only generates ideas and solutions when you've had your full eight hours…

You Don’t Need to Look for Inspiration

Image by Albund via BigStock You're smarter than a simple snake, right? You rarely start your sentences with, "I wish"…

Break Through Creative Blocks with this Unconventional Drawing Technique

Clarity of thought, creative breakthroughs and inner peace whilst having a vacation from your overactive mind? Sound good? You need…

Why Creators Need to Be Professionals

In the mid-nineties I made a decision to dedicate my career to helping creative professionals. At the time I was…

20 Ways to Become More Creative, Productive and Successful

Illustration by Oscar Ramos Orozco We all know vegetables and exercise are good for our health - but who'd have…

How to Suffer for Your Art (without Being a Jerk)

Drawing by Hugh MacLeod The tortured artist is one of the great cliches of creativity. And like all cliches, it…

From Uncertainty to Creativity: an Interview with Jonathan Fields

Creativity is exciting, but it's also scary. Whenever you set out to do something new, you never know how it's…

Free Ebook: 20 Creative Blocks (and How to Break Through Them)

Out of all the blog series I've written over the past six years, I've never had so many requests for…