More Ideas

I often get asked how I come up with something to write about three times a week. It’s a bit difficult to describe how: I have a deadline, and so I make the ideas come.

The answer to being more creative and having more ideas is easier. My favorite word is inspiration. It describes that moment when two neurons smash together to create something completely new so perfectly. That moment always seems otherwordly to me. It doesn’t happen nearly as often as you might think.

The answer is, in fact, much more prosaic. Read a LOT. Lots of input seems to help with output. Talk (or write) a LOT. Explaining things to others helps you consolidate them in your own mind and find new ways of putting things together. Get enough rest. Ideas don’t come to tired minds. That’s it, in my experience.

That the answer is prosaic though, is a good thing. It means everyone can be more creative and have more ideas.