Creativity in the age of distraction: Kim Wilkins at TEDxUQ 2014

Описание: Need some creative inspiration in your work, but find yourself procrastinating with the likes of Facebook, Twitter and 9gag? Internationally published novelist Kim Wilkins talks about the good and the bad of social media. She reveals the single most important skill you need to cultivate your creativity.

Kim Wilkins is an academic and a best-selling author who lectures in writing at University of Queensland. She published her first novel, The Infernal, when she was still a third-year student. Since then, she has published twenty-four novels across different genres and her work has been translated into seventeen languages.

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