Creative Thinking

Andy Weir on writing an accidental best-seller

The Martian was published in serial form on Andy Weir's website, then self-published. Here's how it became a best-seller – and a Matt Damon film.

Sally Mann is an acclaimed photographer. Her book Art Work is a guide to the creative life. Want to know how to be an artist? Start here.

Declutter. Reset. Reorganise. Refresh. Give your creative life a spring clean, to make work easier!

What we can all learn from our twentysomething selves

Do what you're dreading, and everything else will feel easier

A radical approach to productivity: do what you want to do, not what you feel you have to do. Choose joy.

We all procrastinate sometimes. But if it's becoming a real problem for you, here are the books that helped me

Let's talk about deadlines. Why we need them, why we dread them, how to deal with them gracefully.

(I’ve made all of the mistakes – so that you don’t have to.)

Whatever you give to a work project, there will always be someone who wants you to give just a little more. Here's how to deal with it.

You might work alone. But it still helps to step back sometimes and think like a boss. To work ON your business, not in it.

If there never feels enough time to make the creative work you want to make, here are ten reasons why.