ThunderStone opened this issue on Jul 30, 2008 · 36 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Sat, 01 November 2008 at 4:43 PM
At the moment I am just thanking God that I haven't yet had a problem coming up with an idea when we get a brief - although I may regret saying that, as we have another deadline this Friday (just completed a brief for a deadline this last Friday) and I'm having problems with it.
I just hoping it's more technical than inspirational - i.e. I think I know what I want to do but can't find out how to do it (- not Bryce I'm afraid, it's working with sound so I'm using Adobe Audition.)
The last time I had serious creative block it was writer's block and I think I stopped writing and took up art again, or rather tried a different artistic outlet, i.e. not paint but 3D. But I can't be sure about that since I'm still writing now, so maybe not....
I think what I did then (it was some long time ago) was I took a rest, I'd been writing very late at night - i.e. into the early morning - for quite a long time, a couple of weeks at least I think. So when I ground to a halt it was probably long term tiredness, and taking a complete break for a while did the trick.
I've also often found that looking at other media, (I looked at art when I had writer's block - and listened to music when I've had artistic block etc etc) which seems to work quite well - like a total change of direction. Takes the pressure off quite well.
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)