Category: Creativity
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AI can help spot the difference
I tried a new AI prompt for editing a couple of work-related documents—an email and a blog post—that my team plans on publishing. The prompt was a version of this: “Can you please edit this following draft for polish and tighten up each sentence one at a time?” The result was a line by line…
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Discovering the work that needs to be made
I’m finally making good progress on the second draft of my next book. It feels good enough to actually discuss—and much less fragile than the first draft. To be precise, it actually feels more like the first draft of the book that it was actually meant to be. “Every block of stone has a statue…
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Building a body of work on self-acceptance
Generosity is at the heart of all creative work. It’s about giving. You can’t give what you don’t have. And if you don’t accept yourself, you can’t give much of yourself either. “Abs are made in the kitchen, championships are won on the training ground, and a sustainable body of creative work is built on…
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Creative energy: Generative mode vs. explosive mode
When I told a good friend of mine I wrote a blog every day while I worked a full-time job, they responded, “I don’t know how you find the energy.” I actually generate energy from writing the blog every day, I tried to explain. If I didn’t write the blog every day, I would have…
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Reconsider your definitions
One of my clients was a co-founder of a company that had raised $60 million in funding before they signed on my editorial studio to work with them. We met to discuss the project, and it went well—they liked the strategy and were ready to kick off. Towards the end of the meeting, he wanted…
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To minimize overthinking, set and adhere to a time constraint
Doechii made her mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal, in a month. She says, “If I sit with art for too long, I start to overthink. Then you start over editing. Suddenly you can find yourself with a completely different picture. That’s why I set a hard time limit. I told myself: ‘Whatever I get done…