by Chris Smith | May 28, 2016
Being creative makes us happy – that’s true – but not just because we just enjoy dreaming up new ideas and having flights of fancy. Research tells us that what we really love about creativity is mastering something that is important to us – stretching ourselves...
by Chris Smith | Mar 25, 2016
For the writer wanting to focus on their work rather than Twitter, there’s a plethora of internet-blocking software offering ‘distraction free writing’. But rather than becoming distracted by researching the best distraction-free apps, you need a strategy to make sure...
by Chris Smith | Jan 29, 2016
Psychologist and author of the bestselling book Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, thinks that highly creative people aren’t like us. But he doesn’t buy into the idea of the creative genius either. People who are highly creative don’t have special minds, but they do have...
by Chris Smith | Jan 14, 2016
Creative types – especially writers – love a good walk. Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf were avid city strollers whilst Wallace Stevens wrote his poetry walking to work: “I write best when I can concentrate and I do that best whilst walking,” he said....
by Bec Evans | Jun 14, 2015
I’m a productivity nerd – nothing delights me more than a how-to guide on getting organised and getting things done. Over the years I’ve gathered a collection of titles that have inspired me to start writing, helped me deal with distraction, and offered advice...
by Bec Evans | Nov 28, 2014
Journalist and writer Oliver Burkeman says that researching writing habits has made him an ‘amateur expert’ on how to schedule creativity into an over busy and overwhelmed life. He shared his top advice on how to get creative work done while also being...
