Invent Creativity

Posted by admin at March 1st, 2008

Welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of carnival of creative idea engineering.

Kingsley Tagbo presents HOW TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION IN 8 EASY STEPS posted at HOW TO LEARN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FAST OR GET A JOB EASILY.

Aaron Anderson presents Friday, Saturday, Someday: The Day That Never Comes posted at Online Business Blog.

Brian Terry presents The Law of Presentation posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Fitness/ Training Newsletter: January Wrap-Up posted at SharpBrains, saying, “A selection of articles on cognitive and emotional training, focused on implications on health and wellness.”

Joshua C. Karlin presents The Best Fundraising Idea posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Anmol Mehta presents Brain Development and Enlightenment Part III: Insight Meditation posted at Mastery of Meditation, saying, “This article is about how to maximize the potential of the brain. It goes into how to increase intelligence and sharpen awareness and the role of insight meditation in developing the mind.”

Rob Moshe presents Live Your Best Life By Serving Others posted at Rob Schaumer, saying, “This is not necessarily a fitting post for your carnival. Once the project starts, each day I will recognize a fellow blogger that “Helped”"

Carol Bentley presents Getting your thoughts on paper posted at Carol Bentley.

Tiffany Colter presents Lesson Learned and How I got here posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This blog discusses how to have success beginning from the first day of this new year, and how technology is changing the way books are made and sold!”

Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr. presents Can The US Prevent A Starvation Crisis? posted at Can The US Prevent A Starvation Crisis.

SpiKe presents Get Creative Part 4: Things To Avoid - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD posted at Organize IT.

Tiffany Colter presents Writing Career Coach: A Pleasant surprise and How I got here Part 2 posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “A pleasant surprise on how to have success beginning from the first day of this New Year!”

Robert Phillips presents DVDs as a Lead Generator posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.

James D. Brausch presents One Minute Marketing Research posted at Internet Business Blog.

John Crenshaw presents The Biggest Scam Your Bank Gets Away With Everyday posted at Truthful Lending dot Com, saying, “This little known scam accounts for a huge portion of fees paid to banks every year and is going on right under your nose. The worst part is, it’s completely legal.”

Jirel presents Learning to live with the present posted at >Positive and Successful Life Style tips, saying, “The moment we are at this time is the most valuable in our life and I myself always try to utilize this time to get maximum output from my life though I know past and future are equally important for successful life. But past had happened in the past. We can’t go there because time always continues to go on. Future will be there waiting for us. We can make most of our future if only we make most of today. So comparatively the most do utilize time is present.”

Dmanlamius presents Inspiration via a cow posted at Dmanlamius’s Blog (Peace of my mind).

Kenton Newby presents Focusing on Leverage posted at KentonNewby.com.

Cindy King presents Localization Is A Door To Innovation posted at Get International Clients.

Fred Black presents Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client - Part 2: Corrupted Inbox posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Tiffany Colter presents Writing Career Coach: How I got here: Part 3 posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This blog discusses expecting success and how to know when you get there!”

presents Nerd Alert! Top 10 Geekiest Weddings posted at Bridal Party Tees, saying, “These are some very creative ideas on wedding themes…maybe a bit off topic for what you’re looking for but this is a quick and funny read and has some very entertaining videos and pics”

John Crenshaw presents Paying Off Your Mortgage - Will It Save You Money? posted at Truthful Lending dot Com, saying, “There’s been quite a bit of debate lately over whether or not you should pay off your mortgage or invest any extra money. This article explores the different mortgage payoff methods and will help you decide which, if any, are right for you.”

PublicFlirt presents Improve your success in dating and relationships. posted at FeedBulletin for: financialbullet, saying, “How to use compliments with women to improve your success in dating and relationships.”

Life. Money. Development. presents Diet Tips for Preventing High Cholesterol Levels posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, “A neat collection of diet tips for keeping cholesterol in recommended levels.”

Aaron Anderson presents Server Change & Viruses posted at Online Business Blog.

The Art of Personal Productivity presents Peek Inside the Bubble Planner posted at The Bubble Planner.

Robert Phillips presents Are DVD Info Products Profitable? posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.

Aaron Brandon presents Product Creation Worry posted at Aaron Brandon.

Anmol Mehta presents Meditation for Improving Concentration posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga, saying, “Excellent time tested meditation technique for building concentration, focus and mental fortitude.”

Warren Wong presents How To Deal With Worrying posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Three steps to help you stop worrying in no time!”

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Posted by admin at November 9th, 2007

Let me make this as simple as possible for you. If you are looking for a way to branch out and get some real creative writing, your at the right blog. I used to be someone who hated to write. No matter what it was, I hated it. I preferred to visually portray my messages. In fact in all my advertising campaigns I would always put off the copywriting till the very end. After I pushed myself to learn real creative writing, I started to love it, and it now comes really easy to me. There are just a few basic steps to remember. If you remember these it will do wonders for you. Stop doing these and you will get stuck and become a creative hack.

First thing is first, stop thinking you suck at writing, because all you will think about is “how much you suck.” You know exactly what I am talking about. That one thought will be the most creative thought you will have while writing.

Once you stop thinking that you suck, forget all conventions of grammar. Grammar is all about rules and my friends RULES are meant to be broken. I know some people don’t agree with me about this one, but don’t worry; we worry about grammar LAST. Grammar many times tends to stop your creative thoughts because your to worried if it is written correctly, or if there is a better word for it.

Now speak your mind. Write out exactly how you would say it if you were talking to someone about this topic. This is what writers call voice, and what could be better than your own voice. You know your voice best, so why try to use someone else’s. Use words that you would use in conversation, and tone that you would use for the subject.

Example. So now lets say that I want to discuss politics with you. Well how does this sound to you.

“Politicians are stupid and are a bunch of asses that don’t know anything.”

Sounds corny but according to my two rules above, I wrote out exactly what I wanted to say, while I was not worrying about my grammar, and most of all I spoke my mind. That is how I might say it in a conversation, and it would sound fine. But when read off a paper it sounds horrible. So now lets improve what I said above. From now on it is just a play on words. How can I swap out words and change its form to say the same thing?

“Politicians don’t know from their left and right, they are like donkeys with no heads and two behinds.”

Great, that is clearly a greater improvement than before.

The biggest struggle individuals have when it comes to writing is the block of creativity because of the grammar issue, and not thinking simple. If you write out what you want to say, then try to improve it, it is much easier. I used to make the common mistake by gathering my thoughts, then try to write it out better. That would leave me stuck in a middle of sentence, and I would loose all my thoughts after that. Why do that to your brain, your only hurting your creativity.

So trust me on this one. Follow those really easy steps and watch how easy writing really can be, and how creative the results will end up.

Happy Writing
Mitesh Solanki
mitesh@inventcreativity.com

Posted by admin at August 7th, 2007

At one point in time actually five weeks ago I hated the idea of writing. Not to mention the idea of writing like a creative. I hated being forced to write something rather than write just when I wanted to write. Then I took my advanced copywriting class and thanks to my professor, Jen Joseph, everything changed. I realized that I do like to write and that I was approaching everything from the wrong direction. So below I will outline all that I have learned about creative writing and what it takes to become a creative writer. Creative writing became easy.

Being in advertising, it is difficult to grab the attention of our audience let alone keep their attention. That is why it is important to write clear but with strong intent and impact with a creative spin that makes people think. The key element to always remember is to not think you are writing but rather just let it out. Creativity will follow.

So here are the various exercises we did in class to help us start letting things out. I was not fond of these ideas in the beginning, but I am not going to lie, it truly works if you put the effort into it. You will soon find that you can write like a creative. We were forced to write short journals on certain topics. We had to write two entries per week (not so bad). The truth be told, I can now write my advertising copy (which I always put off till the end) and it just works right off the bat.

She gave us topics to help us learn to bring emotions into our writing. We were taught to let our self-expression be the creativity and inspiration in what it is we do.

Topics (usually 1-2 pages):

1. Write anything in regards to how you feel about Taxes…
2. Write anything in regards to how you reel about War…
3. Write anything in regards to how you feel about Love…
4. Write anything in regards to how you feel about Politics…
5. Write anything you are passionate about…
6. Write about your worst experience in life…
7. Write a short paragraph on wisdom…
8. Write write write what you are thinking when you sit down with a pad of paper. (first thing that comes to mind)

Now do not approach this as an essay or you will fail. Grammar is not a concern but rather learn your voice in words. Write what your mind thinks and don’t over think it. Use words that are your personality not what a professor wants to hear. Write from the heart. It seems cliché to some degree, but at the same time it truly does work. If you really want to write like a creative it is worth a shot. I know of a lot of students who never wanted to write let alone as a profession. After doing these journals writing with a powerful voice is easy, and most of all it is always creative. Rhyme if you like, or paragraph it, all you have to do is let your mind speak what it wants to say, then let your audience decide if it is powerful. For the record we had to share our entries every week and people became very emotional and everyone was writing like pros by the second week.

Best of luck on your creative writing and I hope this works for you.