You are going to get a bunch of answers with all the people who burn wood here LOL !
Dry wood, keeping the flue temperature at optimum levels, larger flues are also nice and help, but dry wood, certain types of wood, especially pine can produce more creosote.
Some people can overfire(burn hot) a little to burn up SMALL accumulations of creosote throughout the heating season, I do this as it can be done safely, but I rarely have any creosote build up, its usually way further up the 8x12 flue, I have 6" stove pipe passing into a concrete foundation wall that leads to the base of a clay flue tile masonry chimney. Every stove and chimney, type of wood you burn can produce varying results.
I do find with hotter flue temperatures, and the fact that mine opens up from 6" to 8"x12", its just not a problem, I do inspect regularly just the same.
One mistake people make and maybe you are aware and have burned wood for many years, but if not, don't put a bunch of real dry, kindling, papers, carboard or similar when starting, sometimes the combination of this intense heat and creosote build up makes for a chimney fire, in that case you need to cut off oxygen to it, fire dept pouring water into it to extinguish is sure to crack clay tile/pipe, worst case, thats better than losing your home.
Good to be concerned and deal with this in a timely fashion vs the alternatives.
Dry hardwood is usually best regardless of most species, I'm sure there will be a litany of responses by others soon, always interesting too !
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