The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp
The choreographer's manual for making creativity routine: the ritual of the 5:30 cab to the gym, the box for every project, scratching for ideas, the spine of a work, and ruts versus grooves. Exercises end each chapter. One of the few creativity books written by someone who has produced for fifty years.
Read it if…
you want creativity as a daily discipline, from a producer.
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Skip it if…
you want to feel inspired; she wants you to work.
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Three things you will actually use
- Creativity is a habit, prepared for.
- Rituals remove the decision to begin.
- Scratch for ideas; do not wait.
Do this first
Start a box for your current project and put the first thing in it.
Our verdict
Creativity as routine, by a producer.
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