SpiralTruth

Steven Johnson wrote a great post about how to write a book on BoingBoing today. I like how he gives himself a lot of time to play with ideas and how he manages that play with Devonthink. I think maximizing creativity isn’t necessarily about putting more effort into thinking creatively as it is about properly handling and recording the flashes of insight that we all have. Having a wide range of tools at your disposal, and especially having one or two that you can access often, will go a long way in allowing creative moments to be properly managed, perhaps avoiding the much feared disease that is writer’s block. I wish I had had a system like this when I started writing. I think the entire process could have been a lot easier than it turned out to be.