Comments on: Lessons from a Coffee Jam http://kevinskaiser.com/2010/03/01/lessons-from-an-underground-coffee-jam/ I write about the creative process and my double life as a literary manager and writer. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Campbell http://kevinskaiser.com/2010/03/01/lessons-from-an-underground-coffee-jam/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Rebecca Campbell Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:58:50 +0000 http://kevinskaiser.com/?p=854#comment-1212 My college professor defined design as "the process of problem solving." To solve a problem you have to experiment with different solutions. What you said about art is basically the same thing - trial and error, with refinement being a key aspect. In that, patience is a big thing for me. I find that sometimes I'm so eager for the final, "perfect" result that it's difficult to remember to enjoy the process, let alone allow it to happen. I KNOW that design is a process, but I think I'm just now learning that storytelling is a process, too (on the 7th, 8th, 9th pass through of editing my novel). My college professor defined design as “the process of problem solving.” To solve a problem you have to experiment with different solutions. What you said about art is basically the same thing – trial and error, with refinement being a key aspect.

In that, patience is a big thing for me. I find that sometimes I’m so eager for the final, “perfect” result that it’s difficult to remember to enjoy the process, let alone allow it to happen.

I KNOW that design is a process, but I think I’m just now learning that storytelling is a process, too (on the 7th, 8th, 9th pass through of editing my novel).

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