A creative process is how something takes shape through noticing, trying, making, choosing, revising and learning from what happens.
It may include a glorious beginning. It will probably also include a less photogenic afternoon when nothing quite works.
Difficulty isn’t automatically a verdict on the idea.
The first version may be clumsy because it is the first version. A passage may need work because the question is worth staying with, not because you were foolish to begin.
There are also times to stop. The distinction usually becomes clearer through contact with the actual work than through another argument about your talent.
The Creative Hero’s Journey accompanies that relationship with making. It sits alongside the craft skills, materials and practical help a project needs.
Incubation looks at useful time away from a problem. Feedback asks what another person’s response can teach you when you’ve become too familiar with your own first explanation.
Noba’s Creativity explores creative thought and activity. It is useful context for a process that involves both exploration and selection, rather than a single burst of inspiration.