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Week 2: External Blockers (and Internal Doubts)

November 20, 2025 01:03:5943.98M

Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way
Week Two: Recovering a Sense of Identity

We’re on Week 2 of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, shifting from internal creative obstacles to external ones—namely our friends and family.

We dig into Cameron’s concepts of “poisonous playmates” and “crazymakers”: how to identify them (spoiler: they’re not always people) and strategies for protecting your creative space from their intrusions. Then we tackle Cameron’s uncomfortable idea—that blocked creators might actually want these distractions to avoid doing the work.

But our strongest reaction to this chapter is Cameron’s reliance on God and a capital-C Creator throughout her method. Can an atheist follow the Artist’s Way?

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The Artist's Way

Writing Your College Application Essay

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Episode 15

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Actions Speak Louder Than Dialogue: Building Meaningful Scenes

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Sandra Scofield’s The Scene BookChapter 2: Event and MeaningHow Actions Add Up in Scenes After countless episodes complaining that writing advice books skimp on examples, we may have finally...

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Scenes That Stick

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Sandra Scofield’s The Scene BookChapter 1: The BasicsBasic Concepts About Scenes There’s something about a new craft book and all its promise. Renee is so happy that she’s worried...

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Goodbye, Artist’s Way. Hello, Actual Craft

August 10, 2026

Season 4

Episode 16

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Sandra Scofield’s The Scene Book Introduction(and good riddance Julia Cameron) We’re saying goodbye to The Artist’s Way — and honestly, good riddance. We’re recapping our favorite quotes, the insights...

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Week 12: We Finished the Book!

July 22, 2026

Season 4

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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek 12: Recovering a Sense of Faith We finally finished The Artist’s Way—Julia Cameron’s self-help bible for unlocking your creative potential. Spoiler: our potential remains...

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Week 11: Flailing at the Finish Line

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Week 10: The Habits that Block Us

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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek 10: Recovering a Sense of Self Protection Week 10 of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way finally tackles the elephant in every writer’s room: creative...

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Week 9: Fear is the Block

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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion What causes writer’s block? According to Julia Cameron, it’s not laziness—it’s fear. This week’s chapter of The Artist’s...

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