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Are you dumb enough to be creative?
By December 7, 2018 Read More →

Are you dumb enough to be creative?

In my seminars and workshops on creative problem solving, I spend a lot of time emphasizing the value of being an idiot. Because in the all-important opening phase of the creative process, which I call “making a mess,” stupidity is your greatest asset. This is not the time for clarity, precision or cleverness. Rather it’s the time […]

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Writer/director Noam Baumbach thinks by doing
By April 1, 2010 Read More →

Writer/director Noam Baumbach thinks by doing

At his appearance along with Ben Stiller last night on Charlie Rose, writer/director Noam Baumbach explained the process of writing the screenplay for his upcoming film, Greenberg. Never comfortable with making an outline first and then “filling it in,” Baumbach spoke of starting with the characters and letting the ideas and structure of the film […]

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