"Creativity has to do with how you perceive nature in relation with your existence."
— Raul Cuero
Raul Cuero's fearless approach to creativity recognizes failure and loss as opportunities to improve and learn. Although this lines up with my approach (as well as the Meet the Robinsons approach) insofar as commitment to an idea notwithstanding the possibility of failure, I do still have my fears of whether an idea will work out well or poorly. I agree that creativity is not a planned occurrence, as it cannot be programmed, but only for most circumstances. As an instrumentalist I have witnessed firsthand the spontaneity of creativity in synchronized play (watch any video of musicians at an Irish pub and you'll notice), and as a dancer I know to have a plan ready at the spurt of the moment when mistakes emerge during a performance. While screenwriting, I find that ideas come to me prematurely, and while I may not be able to expand them at the time, I write what I can about a fragment of an idea that will help me connect story segments at a later point. Additionally in story writing, a practice of many writers is to insert ideas from a figurative pile of story puzzle pieces that one has accumulated over time as a tactic for bypassing writer's block. All in all, I find that creativity is most useful in troubleshooting, be it technological issues or life's roadblocks; creative solutions to problems are essential for survival and everyday activity. If the worst thing that could happen is to experience failure, I see no downsides to trying ideas. Besides, in many cases of failure, loss might not even occur; in these cases, it's a matter of try and try again.
You may still be at the same level, but don't discount the experience points you gained from trying!
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