Smack Dab in the Middle

I created the character of Clint McCool over 10 years ago. Jessika von Inneregner's illustration from my book The Escapades of Clint McCool  shows him pushing one of the buttons on his famous cap. Zing, zang, zoom! He'll think of something that will get him into trouble. Then he'll think of something else that will save the day.  The buttons on my character's cap were pretend. Little did I know that today we'd all have easy access to an actual idea generator button.  I know many creative people. I'm especially in awe of kids' imaginations. Whenever I do a school visit, I meet many who are eager to share the story that they are writing. Or to give me some ideas for what I should write next.  But I worry that we're losing our ability to create. Now that we have access to those amazing devices that instantly produce polished work, will we want to make things that don't seem perfect? Will we dig around in a weed patch of mistakes until we finally come up...