S01E02 Going Wrong is Great

Welcome to the second episode of Jelly Trumpet, the podcast making you more creative. Tips, tricks and ideas for expanding your imagination.We’re not too serious and we have a fun show like an old-time radio programme. This episode we meet Nigel, the squirrel who loves drum solos.Stuff We’ll Hear in this Episode:How to use a red flag for argument’s sakeAn award ceremony for award ceremonies.3 fabulous tweets from the Swansea branch of WaterstonesAnd I share stuff I’ve done as a creative writer. This episode I talk about my first stage play and about the regret of working with a friend.You Are Your Own Medicine‘You are Your Own Medicine’ is all about keeping a journal. The journal becomes your coach. You record what works for you and what doesn’t. Only you can make yourself as creative as a doughnut and pretty as a Victoria Sponge.In this interlude I cover the power of the humble index card and the pleasure of using a scale on each journal entry.How to be creative is all down to you. Finding your own time and space, the tools that make you creative AND productive, plus finding ideas you wouldn’t have got to without ‘being your own medicine.’In short, in this episode:01:52 You Are Your Own Medicine05:29 Challenge at Home, ‘What if?’ Plus a quota.07:41 Creative Hero Time, Edward de Bono, 6 Thinking Hats10:01 Guest Spot, with Adam Hunt, White Label ComedyGuest Spot: Adam Hunt from White Label Comedy:11:02 Combining comedy with marketing12:09 Knocking it [the brief] into shape12:13 Accessing the Campaign14:18 ‘I can do anything I want’15:37 Innocent Drinks17:01 ‘Different sizes of paper’20:15 The One Show, Jeremy Vine and All SaintsPlus:24:12 Challenge Jim25:01 Hot Topic, ‘Saying NO!’, Owning your own work27:03 List of the week, Waterstones Swansea and tweets ‘…the thesaurus leak’28:24 Further Thinking Spot, Tony Buzan and mind-mapping29:19 Music from ‘We Paint Houses’, ‘One of a Kind’32:14 EndsIf you like the show please let us know, leave a review or share it!If you don't like it best not mention it eh?Thank you for listening to the Jelly Trumpet Podcast!SUPPORT THE PODCASTFor super Jelly fansPatreon: Jelly TrumpetJOIN US ON SOCIAL FOR EXTRA FUNFacebook: Jelly TrumpetInstagram: jellytrumpetw: jellytrumpet.com