Today I’d like to highlight one of my favorite blogs. The Dilbert Blog not only contains some of cartoonist Scott Adams’ thoughts on his famous comic strip, but also displays some of Scott’s creative thinking about topics from peace in the Middle East to hypnosis. I love the Dilbert comics, but I think I enjoy Scott’s posts on creativity and writing even more. Here are four of my favorite posts from the last three months:
- Career Advice – This doesn’t seem strictly related to creativity at first, but Scott talks about the importance of combining communication with other skills. It just makes so much sense that the sum of your skills is more important than being the best at any one thing.
- Writing Funny – This is an area that I definitely feel weak in. Scott breaks down his formula for writing a funny blog post. The way he explains it, even I feel like I could write humor.
- How to Be Creative – As he does for humor writing, Scott breaks down his method for coming up with creative ideas. I think this is a concept that can apply to many forms of creativity.
- The Day You Became a Better Writer – It’s good to be reminded of the basics.
