“Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw,” said Frank Thomas, the famous Disney animator, when asked to give advice to young animators.
Without doubt, Thomas was asking the youngsters to be creative each day of their lives.
Creativity is in fact the heart and soul of every artist, including a writer. But the truth is that doing creative work each day, over and over, is hard.
Sometimes the feeling that comes from being creative is great. This is the time when dozens of ideas are knocking at your mind’s door, waiting to be sent on a mission.
But then there are days when you just want to quit. You are at a loss of ideas while staring at the blank page.
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