Whether it is music, game design or writing, creating is at its best when it takes the form of a habit.

1. The Habit of Creating
How to create content effectively

2. Hi. My name is Dori and I’m
addicted to opening blogs...
doriadar@gmail.com

3. Only to stop
contributing almost
immediately after I
open them.
(Check out this dead blog at
www.worststartups.com)

4. I opened 6 blogs to date, some were truly awesome
And then I just quit.

5. Trying to understand why this pattern occurs,
I realized there’s something wrong with my creative process.

6. I start off with a great passion
that goes away as fast as it appeared.

7. My process of creating is pretty chaotic,
when it should be methodical.

8. I do not create effectively.

9. :(

10. In order to create effectively,
creation should take the form of a habit.

11. Hab-it
a settled or regular tendency or practice,
especially one that is hard to give up.

12. How are habits formed?

13. The energy required for forming a habit is equivalent
to the energy needed for a rocket to leave Earth.

14. 3
2
1
Taking off. That burst of energy that is exactly enough to buy new
clothes for the gym and compete your first workout.

15. 3
2 Flying up. 2-10 first works outs. This is the crucial part where energy
1
tends to run out.

16. 3
2
1
Space! Little energy is required to keep on flying.
Congrats! You have a new habit!

17. 3 4
2
1
Until one day you run out of fuel
and stop.

18. I have gathered some tips that should help me fly
through the crucial #2 phase

19. And stay in space as long as possible.

20. Tips 1-3 are common knowledge,
but tips 4-6 might surprise you.

21. Tip #1
Schedule your creating time
1

22. Don’t wait for the muse to sink in,
schedule a date with her instead.

23. Open your schedule now
and save the date for your creative date.

24. Tip #2
Get ready for your date
2

25. Keep an ideas/inspiration board during the week and
start your creative date browsing through it.

26. There’s nothing more intimidating than a
blank page.

27. Tip #3
Turn off distractions
3

28. Starting the creative date with a scroll down your FB
feed is a bad habit.

29. Use your social feeds as a reward
to a prolific creative time instead.

30. Tip #4
Create for a community
4

31. Think of creating content like rocking a boat
in the middle of a lake.

32. You are constantly making small waves.

33. At a certain point, those waves
will start coming back.

34. This is your feedback,
and it is the #1 motivator for creating content.

35. The smaller the lake,
the sooner those waves will come back.

36. When creating content for a small niche,
chances are you’ll get feedback faster

37. Which is crucial
when trying to make creation a habit.

38. Tip #5
Template/format your work
5

39. It is very productive to use a certain framework
that works for you

40. So you can focus on content
and not on inventing the wheel each time again.

41. Here are some examples of formats

42. =3
Each episode this dude picks 3 viral videos
and blurbs about them.
125+ videos

43. Epic meal time
Each episode this team fries
the un-healthiest food possible and eat it.
230+ videos

44. Loonie
Smart and witty reviews
while playing iPhone/iPad games
Countless videos

45. Time
can be an excellent framework too

46. Jayenkai of AGameAWeek
produces and uploads a new game
every Tuesday morning.
He has made more than 300 by
now

47. Waverly films used to upload a
short clip every weekend. They
have made more than 100, truely
awesome videos.

48. Tip #6
Beware of perfect
6

49. Perfection is like chasing
the horizon.
Keep moving.
Neil Gaiman

50. The most important thing is: finish what you are
working on. upload it, and move on.

51. Recap
1. Schedule your creating time
2. Get ready for your date
3. Turn off distractions
4. Create for a community
5. Try to template/format your work
6. Beware of perfect

52. Can you make creating a habit?

53. Can I?

54. Help me to create effectively
and share this deck.

55. And stick around (subscribe) to see
how persistent I am in making them...

56. Effectivity yours,
Dori