4 Ways to Create Like a Child

Abby Jaquint
4 min readMay 20, 2024

How to make creating fun, free, and fulfilling again.

Photo by Alice Dietrich on Unsplash

Kids like to make things.

They like to make pictures, stories, full towns out of blocks or cardboard, outfits, books, and things we adults might not even consider making.

Children aren’t necessarily 100% creative all the time, but they can certainly be more creative than us.

It’s how we managed to find something to do or a new game to play at any given moment.

Kids can just…do things.

No second thought, no plan.

I’ve learned how to do this again.

Let’s get into how you can too.

1. Have Zero Expectations

I often find myself creating/writing for the hypothetical audience or buyers in my head, even if I’m working on something that I don’t plan on putting out in the world.

No matter what you’re creating (a book, an article, a painting, a sculpture…), there are a few things you should have no expectations about, especially if it’s a first draft or just for you:

  • Do not create for an audience that does not exist

If you do have to create for an audience, and your audience is all moms in their fifties, why are you asking…

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Abby Jaquint

Novelist. 24. I write about writing and productivity. Check me out on Amazon or Barnes and Noble!