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Be more creative: six practical steps to build imagination

Read, write, doodle and try these other steps for recharging and enhancing your creativity.

Megan Herbert, illustrator, writer, cartoonist and live-drawer
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Want to be a scriptwriter? Megan Herbert says: 'just put it out there'

What's the 100-day project? And what if you've been told your artform isn't 'real' work? Meet writer and political cartoonist…

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Flourishing in the arts is about meaning, mastery and mattering

Committing ourselves to the path of flourishing may sound like an impossible ask – but it's not.

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Want to be an Intimacy Coordinator? Meet Akala Newman

ICs work with actors' boundaries, exposure limits and wellbeing concerns so they can perform intimate and vulnerable scenes safely.

Letting go can help with hanging on. Image: Shutterstock.
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Creatives: control what you can and can what you can't

Identify those things that are within your control and those that are not.

Don't be the world's best-kept secret. Image: Shutterstock.
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Creatives – try the Know, Like, Trust framework for success

When building work contacts, why not try an approach that champions both strategy and humanity?

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Self-compassion and creatives – a beginner's guide

Kindness for ourselves is one of the best ways to self-motivate – so why don't we do it more?

CEO Cathy Payne. Photo: Banijay Rights.
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Cathy Payne, Banijay Rights CEO: the eight rules for TV finance and distribution

'If we do not protect and fight for our local industry, who will?' Payne asked at this week's Hector Crawford…

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How to be creative with confidence

Did you think confidence in your professional life was a personality trait? Think again!

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Courage! Five top skills for taking the creative plunge

Let go of certainties and embrace vulnerability, advises Emmy and AACTA Award-winning producer turned creative sector coach Ellenor Cox.

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