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Seconded. I actually included a few of his arguments in a talk I gave for writers on preparing for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) last year. I didn't belabor his point where he said you need time, though, because, well, during Nanowrimo you don't really have time.

We have 30 days of time for NaNoWriMo. That's a lot of time! Can get a lot done in that amount of time, or get nothing done, depending on how the time is occupied.

My favorite things about creativity were Robert Rodriguez's book "Rebel Without a Crew" about making El Mariachi for $7,000. He is a total cheerleader for DOING THAT CREATIVE THING RIGHT NOW.

Also, Kevin Smith really hammered this home in one of his recent Q&As, but I can't remember which one. It was really encouraging and beautiful, though.

re Kevin Smith: this one, maybe? https://youtu.be/U7bGgSfaL9M

That was bloody brilliant, thank you!