Eric is writing a book. And like many of us, his book is still at the draft stage. Luckily for us, Eric is generous. And who knows, if you contribute ideas to Eric’s Blockbusting post at ideasonideas, you too could be in Eric’s book.
This passage is for when you find yourself stuck. At such a time, just open up to this chapter (again, it’s supposed to be part of a book), and try a random exercise. As you face more problems, you’ll likely uncover which approaches work best for you.
Out of necessity (and a brain not caffeine-clicking yet) I’ve left a few out of my patter. But, no matter, here is the overall gist of what Eric is saying:
Mix up, break up, talk out, walk out, take out, throw out, take more, make more, look more, breath more, reorder, restart, back up and tidy up.
What I do when stuck is sit on the floor in my office with a spread of design books, magazines and artistic clippings around. They won’t have anything to do with the project (it’s better if they don’t). They just get my creativity flowing forward. Eventually it’ll flow back to the project at hand.
Another trick I use is to act like I’m giving advice to a friend. What would I suggest to do different? What would I argue against?
And you? How about you? What do you do when you get stuck?
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Thanks for the link Cat! I appreciate the kind words and your thoughts! :-)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
My pleasure Eric. I just couldn’t resist your new face! (I’ll get with you later for a new banner photo to go with your new look. It’s been awhile …)