Separate your creating from your improving.

That’s because you can’t write and edit or sculpt and polish or make and analyze at the same time. When you do that, the editor stops the creator.

Don’t get me wrong. Editing is an important skill and an important task. But it doesn’t belong in the creative time. When you invent, don’t select. When you draw, don’t inspect. And when writing your first draft, don’t reflect. At the beginning, the creative mind must be released from judgement.

Let your creativity fly, and you’ll be surprised how far it will go.