Why Creatives Shouldn’t Get Married To An Idea. (As explained in an original one-act play.)
“3 A.M. CALL TO THE PLUMBER.” (Curtain rises) WE OPEN ON A CLOCK ON THE WALL. IT’S 3 IN THE MORNING. WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL SLEEPY PLUMBER ENTERING A BATHROOM AS THE CLIENT HOLDS OPEN THE DOOR. CLIENT: It’s in here. The sink is just totally clogged. PLUMBER: No...Guest blog appearance, by Chanpory Rith of Lifeclever.com
Thank you to author Chanpory Rith of Lifeclever.com for this marvelous little lesson. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What 50 pounds of clay can teach you about design. A 3rd-year graphic design teacher, Alison Woods, once told a parable from “Art and Fear”...Shooting one idea through the lens of another.
(A small excerpt from the new fourth edition of Hey Whipple, Squeeze This.) In a screenwriting book I read years ago I stumbled on this basic Hollywood trick that seems to apply to what we do here in advertising. To create a story, the author said, “Create one world...Good Creative People are NEVER Bored. (or) What I learned at the “George W. Bush Presidential Li-Berry.”
Recently, Heidi Ehlers, (Creative Career Consultant, and founder of Heidi Consults www.heidiconsults.com), told me about a lesson she once learned from her mother. Heidi had just moped into a room to whine to her mother, “Momma, I am so bored.” And her mother...
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