Competitive Creativity

Some creative minds don't work very well underAs you know most creative people do not do so
pressure, and other creative minds work verywell in competition. Many writers that enter
well under pressure and stress. As a matter ofcreative novel writing or screenplay writing
fact some minds work so good under pressurecompetitions actually get writer's block. Other
and stress, that the creative person has to gowriter's, musicians, and artists, draw a complete
figure out a way to put the fear of God intoblank under pressure.
themselves just so they can come up with aHowever, we know this doesn't happen to
creative idea to solve a problem and get into theireveryone because someone usually wins the
"creative flow."writer's competitions and there are generally
In fact sometimes, they can't even think ofhundreds, if not thousands of authors turning in
anything that's very creative at all unless it is ansome of the most excellent writing that has ever
emergency. Isn't that interesting, the kind ofbeen seen. In fact, if you've ever judged a writing
person you want around after the next Hurricanecontest, and I have, it is amazing some of the
hits your neighborhood to figure out what onthings that people turn in. It is like you want to call
God's earth to do, and the same type of personthe person up right now and just tell them; WOW.
you want as your military commander when allI hope you will consider this when it comes to the
hell breaks lose.topic and subject of creative competition.