December 23, 2004

how to be creative (book outline)

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“How To Be Creative”
A book by by Hugh MacLeod
Download the free PDF here.)
This is how I’m starting to see the book in its semi-final state. All of the content has already appeared previously on this website.
There are four chapters. I’m not sure if they’re in their final order. But this will do for the time being.
Now it’s time to find a publisher.


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CHAPTER ONE: How this book came into being.
This book is an expansion on a web post I published this summer called “How To Be Creative”.
The premise is very simple:

“So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years.”

I didn

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22 Responses to “how to be creative (book outline)”

  1. I’ll buy it. I’m bored of the Calvin and Hobbes by my loo.

  2. Will Simpson says:

    Where can I pre-order my copy?

  3. Stocking stuffer

    Just in time for Christmas, the dazzling Hugh MacLeod has posted an outline for the book he’s proposing. If you’re one of the three people who read me who haven’t read Hugh, it’s a nice introduction to his work. Of

  4. Boing Boing says:

    How to Be Creative — the book

    Back in August, I blogged about Hugh Macleod’s “How to Be Creative” project. Hugh draws cartoons on the backs of business cards and works in advertising; his How to Be Creative is a meditation on creativity, individualism and commercialism, and it’s fu…

  5. wipeout says:

    glad you left manhattan………

  6. Online ‘book’ on being creative.

    Again, I’m just linking this in case I feel like coming back to it later. Follow the link to BoingBoing for a summary. gapingvoid: how to be creative (book outline) via BoingBoing….

  7. Forty-two says:

    lotsa links

    I keep a Sticky note open all the time whose content is nothing but links I want to blog about….

  8. Forty-two says:

    lotsa links

    I keep a Sticky note open all the time whose content is nothing but links I want to blog about….

  9. Gapingvoid via BoingBoing

    how to be creative (book outline) – While the title sounds sort of elementary, this is some solid reading for…

  10. Graeme says:

    Can we get the cartoons actually printed on business cards? I’d pay money for that!!
    Graeme underscore Williams at yahoo dot com

  11. Chaos and Creativity

    I’ve blogged about chaos and creativity before (here). This from gapingvoid struck me: Chaos can be a positive thing. Chaos is inherently part of the creative act. To embrace creativity means you must also embrace chaos. Things don’t happen when

  12. Greg Rollins says:

    Thanks for blogging this. Pretty darned inspirational. BTW, looking forward to purchasing a hard copy.

  13. How to Be Creative

    how to be creative…

  14. Infonaut says:

    “Business insight” is usually an oxymoron, but you’ve got the real deal here. You’ve given me much to chew on, and I thank you for that.

  15. Sara L. Holt says:

    You and your vision rocks!!!! So much of what I’m reading is exactly how I think!!! Keep rockin’ and givin’ out the awesome help!!!!!

  16. Martin says:

    Where and when can I buy the book? Your ideas are just great!

  17. A quick cartoon from Hugh MacLeod…

    Given my Zen-like state of calm today, this is potentially not the kind of thing I should be posting on my site in full view of my boss (hey dude). But it’s funny and it reminds me of a…

  18. Troy Worman says:

    Original. Funny. Poi-G-Nant! Why the fuck hasn’t it been published???

  19. tcw says:

    I want a book now…
    insanely true……

  20. How to Be Creative e-book

    Sex and Cash Theory .