The artistic process is fluid, moving easily from one phase to the next without the constraints of standard procedure. For some the creation process is regimented and structured, for others it is free-form and spontaneous. For example, when writing a book an author may start at the beginning and write scene after scene in order until finished. Another author may start at the end or climax, while yet another will jump around in the writing. No two processes are the same, just as no two creators are the same. However, every author, artist, musician or even dancer will share a common phase of the creative process, the one phase that is often interrupted by the creator himself: the end of creation and the beginning of recreation by the audience. The end of creation is left suspiciously. from popular theories on the creative process. Psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists and artists have been debating the merits and possibilities of a creative model since the beginning of the 20th century (Plsek). Most theorists focus on creative thinking and problem solving, merging the traits of creative thinking and creativity into one. It was only with Robert Fritz's book The Path of Least Resistance that the two modes of the creative mind diverged into the theoretical world. Fritz argued that creativity, or the process of creating, and creative thinking, or problem solving, are actually two separate things. and unique processes. For the first time the creative process not only went beyond revision to completion, but took a step forward for the artist to live with the creation. Fritz stated that “you accept into your life what you have created” (247). In Fritz's theory of creativity the work becomes part of the creative process. The author a......middle of paper......s, regains control when new works become inspiration. It is an endless cycle, a movement of constant creation and consumption. Although copyright and intellectual property laws may hinder the process, creation is never completely stopped. Fans will continue to transform their favorite works of art, audiences will continue to interpret art in their own ways, and authors will never fully regain the control they lost when publishing their own work. Works Cited Plsek, Paul E. “Models for the Creative Process” Directed Creativity Cycle. Paul E. Plsek & Associates, Inc. 1996. Web. November 14, 2011 Fritz, Robert. The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1989. Print.OTW.org. The Organization for Transformative Works, nd Web. November. 14, 2011