This advice applies to all sorts of professionals, not just screenwriters. It applies to all people, for that matter. Take a look at the whole talk below, but if you don’t have time, here are the main takeaways (pulled out by BrainPickings.)
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Space (“You can’t become playful, and therefore creative, if you’re under your usual pressures.”)
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Time (“It’s not enough to create space; you have to create your space for a specific period of time.”)
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Time (“Giving your mind as long as possible to come up with something original,” and learning to tolerate the discomfort of pondering time and indecision.)
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Confidence (“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”)
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Humor (“The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.”)
