So you wanna make a something?
This is a guide for the full creative process. In any discipline. Writing, music, food,
Table of Contents
00 - Name, Date
01 - Ingredients (Inspirations, Influences, Identity)
02 - Interactions / Experimentation
03 - Composition (Structures, Recipes, Plans)
04 - Storytelling / Sharing / Soft-launching
05 - Reflection
06 - Editing (Rewriting, Recomposing, Rebirth)
07 - Releasing
08 - Focus
00 - Name, Date
On a piece of paper, write your name and today’s date.
This is 0,0 and effectively the easiest and most honest form of expression anyone can make at any time.
Every creative project involves at least one creative person. It starts on the level of the self and is undeniably an expression of the self. This is an essential truth of the creative process as well as a hyper simplification of it. Indifferent of sophistication, this truth will always present. Almost like a “law” of creative mechanics.
Within that framework, we can create a scale of difficulty. This scale of difficulty represents an objective means and a measure for sophistication and complexity. On one end of the scale, you have the EASIEST thing to express and on the other end of the scale, you have the HARDEST thing to express. Once you have an understanding of the scale, you can work your way up. However, like any mechanical endeavor, it is paramount to ascertain a 0,0 origin point.
Who you are. Where you are now.
01 - Ingredients
Misce-en-place and “never trust a skinny chef”
Before you can start making anything, you need ingredients.
Where do ingredients come from?
External - Inspirations and Influences
Internal - Curiosity and Identity
Most creatives overlook this part of the process because it is intrinsic or automatic. Additionally, many non-creative people don’t participate because they lack the tools to get them going.