Comments on: 5 creativity tips from Steve Martin http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/5-creativity-tips-from-steve-martin/ Advice for graduate students on creativity, scholarship, communication, and time management Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: English Education Professor » Blog Archive » On Consistency http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/5-creativity-tips-from-steve-martin/#comment-10236 English Education Professor » Blog Archive » On Consistency Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:02:14 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-10236 [...] If you don’t have their attention, you can’t be teaching. It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical. Like lucky cards in poker, you can count on them occurring over time. What was hard was to be good, consistently good, night after night, no matter what the abominable circumstances.5 creativity tips from Steve Martin « Getting Things Done in Academia [...] [...] If you don’t have their attention, you can’t be teaching. It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical. Like lucky cards in poker, you can count on them occurring over time. What was hard was to be good, consistently good, night after night, no matter what the abominable circumstances.5 creativity tips from Steve Martin « Getting Things Done in Academia [...]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Weekend Links: A Single Note Card, Being Happy, and Fighting Deathly Schedules http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/5-creativity-tips-from-steve-martin/#comment-9638 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Weekend Links: A Single Note Card, Being Happy, and Fighting Deathly Schedules Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:44:15 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-9638 [...] 5 Creativity Tips from Steve Martin | Getting Thing Done in Academia Great minds think a like. The gang over at GTDA was also enthralled by Steve Martin’s new memoir. Their post extracts some tips for his rich experience for inducing more creativity. A good compliment to our earlier discussion of the Steve Martin Method. [...] [...] 5 Creativity Tips from Steve Martin | Getting Thing Done in Academia Great minds think a like. The gang over at GTDA was also enthralled by Steve Martin’s new memoir. Their post extracts some tips for his rich experience for inducing more creativity. A good compliment to our earlier discussion of the Steve Martin Method. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/5-creativity-tips-from-steve-martin/#comment-9596 Mike Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:18:22 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-9596 Oy, as if I don't owe <i>enough</i> folks writing. OK, I'll have something up on collaborations soon. Thanks Matt. M Oy, as if I don’t owe enough folks writing. OK, I’ll have something up on collaborations soon. Thanks Matt.
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]]> By: Matt Wedel http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/5-creativity-tips-from-steve-martin/#comment-9595 Matt Wedel Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:55:30 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-9595 <i>Remember that all but the greatest theory, and most of the data, collected by scientists will become increasingly irrelevant as it is supplanted by new theory and applicable data. Someone has to provide that new theory and data.</i> ...and on the flip side, don't fall in love too much with your own work, because the best you can hope for is that someone else will stand on your shoulders and see farther. Not coincidentally, I just got tagged with the <a href="http://drvector.blogspot.com/2008/02/dr-vector-lives-up-to-his-name.html" rel="nofollow">Writing Meme</a>, and I tagged you in turn. The rules are simple: give three writing tips, and tag three writers whose work you admire. Should you choose to participate, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on good collaborative writing, because I don't see that addressed very often. Whatever you do, keep up the good work. This site is <b>useful</b>. Remember that all but the greatest theory, and most of the data, collected by scientists will become increasingly irrelevant as it is supplanted by new theory and applicable data. Someone has to provide that new theory and data.

…and on the flip side, don’t fall in love too much with your own work, because the best you can hope for is that someone else will stand on your shoulders and see farther.

Not coincidentally, I just got tagged with the Writing Meme, and I tagged you in turn. The rules are simple: give three writing tips, and tag three writers whose work you admire. Should you choose to participate, I’d be grateful for your thoughts on good collaborative writing, because I don’t see that addressed very often.

Whatever you do, keep up the good work. This site is useful.

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