{"id":33497,"date":"2022-05-30T06:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=33497"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T02:19:23","slug":"creativity-can-be-managed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2022\/05\/creativity-can-be-managed\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity can be managed \u2013 here&#8217;s how"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m waiting for creativity to strike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m waiting for the Muse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not feeling inspired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Creativity is often thought of as something that &#8216;happens&#8217; to us \u2013 not something that we make happen.<\/p>\n<p>But, <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2022\/04\/graeme-simsions-top-10-tips-for-writers\/\">in this list of top 10 tips for writers<\/a>, bestselling author Graeme Simsion says that creativity can be managed.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to know more about this idea so, in this snippet from our recent interview, available exclusively in the <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/writing-group-membership\/\">Write With Allison Tait online community<\/a>, I asked him to explain exactly what he meant by that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Allison Tait interviews Graeme Simsion: Creativity can be managed\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OsZaSBVckTI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Allison-Tait-head-shot-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33203\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Allison-Tait-head-shot-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Are you new here? 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