Creativity theories

Creativity can come from a very basic idea and then branch out into different areas. This comes about by Beachcombing, as explained in Pete Fraser's blog, a technique in which aspects are taken from other texts and the collective influences form a detailed idea for the person doing the beachcombing.



A similair tactic is the story dust method, which is mainly an analogy in the form of a star growing. Matter gathers gradually over time, and the larger the mass gets, the more is drawn towards it. The metaphor applies to creativity by the space dust representing small ideas which can be written down on cards or paper, which then results in an overall idea when all the "cards" are composed in a good order. The method is explained in Tim Clague's blog.

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