tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11101950.post4458955005249374597..comments2023-11-02T15:31:22.535+00:00Comments on Michelle Styles:: Creative LimitationsMichelle Styleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11101950.post-68772755410748012292007-01-15T16:07:00.000+00:002007-01-15T16:07:00.000+00:00I'm playing catch up with your bog. *g*
"Anyway, ...I'm playing catch up with your bog. *g*<br /><br />"Anyway, I digress -- the bit I read was about creative limitations and the need for form. Creativity works best when it comes up against obstacles. the need to search for another way results in greater insight and not less. The example McKee gives is writing a poem with rhyming couplets. The first two are easy but the third one makes you struggle, you choose a word and then have to think how to fit it in. Another form of poetry would be a sonnet. The best sonnet writers offer deep insight, and are a pleasure to read. McKee points out that every genre has its own form. You must learn that form and rather than seeing the form as an obstacle, see it as a way to release creativity."<br /><br />Here I've thought myself weird for thinking this also. I find my greatest creativity within strictest limitations. Having to come up with something 'different' and still meet criteria is so difficult, but when you do, it's wonderful. I always say I'm happy in my self imposed box (romance genre) because the challenge to stay unique is creatively demanding.Eva Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08834856467514439544noreply@blogger.com