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In acting, the moment you have to think what you are going to say next, there’s a little less energy for the acting itself, because it’s being siphoned off by the conscious mind for the purpose of remembering.
And that’s the problem with the unconscious. It is unconscious. You can’t order it about or hit it with a stick. You have to coax it out in all sorts of strange and crafty ways. And be clever about interpreting what it does tell you.
And the language of the unconscious is not verbal. It’s like the language of dreams. It shows you images, it gives you feelings, it nudges you around without you immediately knowing what it’s getting at.
The greatest killer of creativity is interruption
When you’re being creative there is no such thing as a mistake.
This back-and-forth process is called iteration. It’s what creative people do all the time.
For example, when you eat, the bit where the fork returns empty to your plate isn’t a failure. It’s just part of the eating process.
If you are an experienced writer, and you show people your work, there are four questions you need to ask: Where were you bored? Where could you not understand what was going on? Where did you not find things credible? Was there anything that you found emotionally confusing?
While you’re considering all this don’t ask yourself who is right. Ask which idea is better.