Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016)

Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by ghubbard on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:34PM (#14490707)

While a nice story, I have been unable to find any citations that would indicate that this was ever an actual study.

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Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by TheBiv on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:53PM (#14491022)

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Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by draw_down on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:57PM (#14491072)

It appears in the book "Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking" by David Bayles and Ted Orland.

PROTIP: Google will often tell you these things!

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Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by ghubbard on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:57PM (#14491948)

And where in that book are the references to an actual study?

PROTIP: Books are often filled with creative writing.

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Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by draw_down on Monday June 05, 2017 @06:05PM (#14492642)

Fine, OK. I checked it out and there are no citations in the book at all (1993 edition), so yes it's a just-so story.

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Re:Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016) by ThrustVectoring on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:42PM (#14490835)

I may be mis-remembering the level of rigor, it may have just been a thing a professor tried because they were curious.

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