Comments on: What’s Your Creative Process?

By: How to Discover Your Writing Process with Gabriela Pereira - Create If Writing

How to Discover Your Writing Process with Gabriela Pereira - Create If Writing — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:43:16 +0000

[…] Read more about finding your creative process from Gabriela HERE. […]

By: Jennifer Blanchard - Writing Coach

Jennifer Blanchard - Writing Coach — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:08:25 +0000

[…] I came across one such tool the other day. It’s called a “Brain Book.” […]

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:21:01 +0000

I have Evernote but I never bothered to figure out how to use it so it’s just annoying. One day I’ll figure it out…and maybe I’ll get a phone that can USE Evernote while I’m at it. The only thing I’m starting to hate about stickynotes is finding them and having to actually put them where they need to go. I have all these scenes and tidbits that keep popping out of notebooks – and my lunchbox – and I’ve got no where to put them. I still find it easier to plot on paper than the computer though so I guess I’m stuck. Alas.

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:06:02 +0000

Vicki – LOVE the sticky note idea. I do that myself in a way because I’ll sometimes use those to add comments or reminders to pages I’ve already written in the Brain Book.

Melanie – It’s like YOU are the little bit of your office you can take everywhere. That’s such a neat idea! I hadn’t thought of it that way but really, isn’t that true for all of us? We are all our own Brain Books.

Mike – I totally hear you on the handwriting thing. I’ll sometimes have trouble deciphering my ideas when I look over notes in the Brain Book. The iPhone idea is awesome. It’s like your iPhone is your Brain Book. Have you ever tried Evernote? It lets you synch notes with your computer and also lets you add voice and pictures. I think there are a few such note-taking apps out there that let you do that.

By: Mike Martinez

Mike Martinez — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:21:51 +0000

My ideas are likely to hit whenever, wherever, and I find the Notes on my iPhone perfect for jotting things down quickly. The commute on the bus is then perfect for fleshing those ideas out and either saving them or tossing them as quality warrants. The bulk of my writing, though, is on the laptop. I do character sketches, setting notes, plot extrapolations — lots of stuff that only informs the actual story rather than contributes word count. And I outline everything in Excel to keep track of various subplots, character arcs and key turning points,

Given how atrocious my handwriting is, I’m probably not a good candidate for the Brain Book. But it’s a cool idea!

–Mike

By: Great Stuff on the Writers’ Blogs, June 5, 2012 « cochisewriters

Great Stuff on the Writers’ Blogs, June 5, 2012 « cochisewriters — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:10:54 +0000

[…] a much lighter note, Gabriela Pereira (@DIYMFA) asks What’s Your Creative Process? and invites everyone to share. This is the first of a week-long series of “process” […]

By: Melanie Marttila

Melanie Marttila — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:29:14 +0000

Gabriela,
I am fascinated by process, my own and others’.
Love the brain book. I just carry a journal around, but I do have a purple pen to write in it with! I used to put pins and stuff on my jacket or purse, but I kept on losing them 🙁 Now I’m the “piece of my office” I take everywhere with me, from the purple painted toenails, toe rings, anklets, puzzle ring and pill ring, tat and multiple piecings (nothing exotic).
Here are my thoughts on process: https://melaniemarttila.ca/2012/03/15/my-process/
I also blog about it in my work-in-progress category (various drafts and what they taught me).
Thanks for tickling my fancy 🙂
Mel

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:41:21 +0000

I’m a stickynote girl. I literally have one those big, lined stickynote pads in various colours that I carry around everywhere when I feel inspired. Usually it’s bits of dialogue or something I want to develop further in a scene that’s stuck in my head and when I get home I just stick the sticky on my computer or desk and it’s right there when finally manage to find a moment to write. I also carry around a notebook with a fun colourful pencil (because pens and lefties just don’t mix) but for some reason I tend to write something in the notebook and then forget to look in it for days or weeks at a time.
Also when I get stuck and I need inspiration I started going crazy – literally. I start narrating my life (in my head, of course) describing the little details and the background stories as best as I can and if I ramble long enough, I get a connection with SOME part of my story and latch on to it. It’s a little weird – especially when you start narrating out loud – but I find it really helps if you have something tangible to play with rather than just trying to see a world in your head.