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2) The ability to think & figure things
out
Thinking and figuring things out isn’t just for math geeks, science
nerds
and business gurus. These things are for
people in the creative arts too!
Working out a dance routine requires planning and thinking. What
moves and steps do you want to include? In
what order should you put
them? What kinds of transitions will give the
best flow? How will you make it
all work with the music? If the first run
through doesn’t work, how are you
going to fix it? That’s a lot of planning and
problem solving.
Writing takes a lot of thinking too, especially, if it’s fiction. This
may
surprise you, but fiction takes more planning
than non-fiction. All the
characters have to be planned out ahead of
time. In screen writing, these
characters are even given elaborate background
stories to motivate their
actions and behaviors. The main story line and
flow all have to be planned out
ahead of time. How will it all fit together?
Does it all make sense? Will the
reader be able to follow everything? Did you
telegraph the surprise ending
too much? Will the reader figure it out too
soon or see it coming?
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