5 things to steal
Taken from Katherine Jennings (who adapted it from Austin Kleon), this is a method of making notes on things you experience. You find things you admire, then try to imagine how you can adapt or transform them.
It’s partly a way to Copy to Understand the Rules and partly a way to Transform Existing Work to your own ends.
Five is a good number as it stretches you to think beyond the obvious.
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