Supercharging the Creative Process by Robert Fritz
The legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock had a talent for driving his scriptwriters a little crazy. As the team was closing in on how to structure a particularly thorny plot point or twist and turn of the story, Hichcock would offer a glass of wine, or begin to talk about his experiences traveling through Europe, or recess the session for a lavish meal. One day, after another Hichcock treatment of interrupting the writing session, one of his writers complained. "Alfred, we were just getting to a conclusion." Old Hitch smiled and told the writer that they were getting there too soon. He didn’t want to close in just yet. He wanted to hold the tension so that a more creative possibility could emerge...
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