So every day, I write down an “idea of the day” in my journal. It’s a way to keep things fresh for me and to keep my creative juices flowing. The “idea” could be anything…a concept for a phone app, an idea for a movie, a character sketch…anything. The only key is that I have to write down at least one new thing every day, so that I have brought something into this world that did not exist before I woke up.

This is a form of therapy for me. It makes me feel like I’m a little bit ahead of the game, both cognitively and creatively. As a creative person, I live in constant fear that the well will run dry one day. What if I run out of ideas? What if there are no new stories to be told? What if I’m a fraud? These are all normal things for an artist to experience and running through the thread of our lives as artists is this constant fear of WRITER’S BLOCK.

I don’t particularly live in fear of Writer’s Block anymore, because I don’t feel like it’s a real thing. Writer’s Block is simply a fear of writing crap. Let me explain…

Lots of people have trouble starting their writing. They don’t know where to begin. They feel paralyzed with fear of putting their ideas down on paper. What if it’s bad? What if it’s a waste of my time? What if I get a bad grade on this? These are the usual thoughts that run through someone’s head when they have to create something.