Learn to recognize your own abilities so that you have some sense of the areas of a given problem that may give you difficulty or require more energy to solve. Increasing creative ability also involves practicing both divergent and convergent thinking processes . You must also be aware that at some point in the creative process you must begin to sort through these various ideas, evaluate their utility to the problem at hand, and converge on a solution. Do not be distressed if you must discard what seems to be a good idea or solution due to the constraints of the current problem or project. Save those ideas for another project or later work of art.
Creativity is an inner state, but it is also a social aspect of life.
We do not create for oneself, otherwise our work will be kept in our mind. Even people that hide their works are socializing it by putting them down on paper, canvas, etc. It is important to understand the social implications of creativity. It is very interesting to watch pop artists go on stage, music being the most social form of art. Some are giving a good technical performance, while some others are not technical but more imaginative.