Tim Clague has dedicated a blog to give advise and his expertise on creativity and writing. His idea of 'Beachcombing' are seven stages of an idea that are still rough, they're good basics yet are not strict.
1.) First there is a minor change in your attitude. Keeping a look out for new ideas and spotting new things in the world around you. Allowing ideas and inspiration to come to you.
2.)Next you need to remember these ideas and record them. Clague recommends carrying a notebook around with you.
3.) Exploring and playing with the ideas to develop them into proper concepts in next. This means you can spot the worthwhile ideas among the numerous bad ones- he calls this 'story dust.'
4.) Clague says a key to creativity is not to force it. You must not pressure ideas but instead allow them to form slowly. Allow the idea to come to you.
5.) Be ready for when an idea strikes. The dots will join at any moment ans you have to be ready to run with it.
6.) Talk about it, develop it with others, no one is cleverer than everyone. Different people will have different ideas and the best ones are shares and contributed to.
7.) Use the idea, practise it and eventually produce it.
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