Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Four: Recovering A Sense of Integrity Do Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages work? Specifically, do they work for us? We begin this podcast by discussing our success following the advice in her book The Artist Way to write three pages of stream of conscious thoughts every morning. Let’s say our results…
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Three: Recovering a Sense of Power Should you use anger to fuel your writing? Do you experience shame while creating art? Have you been keeping up with your artist pages? Week 3 of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way poses these questions with clear answers in mind—but we’re not convinced. In…
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek 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…
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek One: Recovering a Sense of Safety What if the real barrier to making art isn’t talent or time, but whether you feel safe enough to fail? We step into week one of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and stress-test its big promises against real life: jobs, bills, mental health, and…
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayThe Basic Tools Three pages. Every morning. No exceptions. No mercy. We’re going to unblock our inner artist using Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. For three months, we’ll write stream-of-consciousness drivel before our brains fully wake up – a bizarre ritual Cameron swears by and millions of writers have adopted. But…
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WaySpiritual Electricity:The Basic Principles Over the past few months, we’ve taken a deep dive into AI writing tools. Now we’re coming up for air and trying to reconnect with our human creative souls. What better book for this than Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way? Published over thirty years ago, Cameron’s much…
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Authors & AI SeriesRobot Reporters Need Not Apply:A Journalist’s Stand We’ve been looking at how AI chatbots have been upending fiction writing, but how about in news media? Today we talk with former Wired writer and freelance science journalist Ramin Skibba about the issues that chatbots, as well as business models based on new technologies,…
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Authors & AI SeriesTeaching Kids to Write in the Age of ChatGPT What if chatbots result in the next generation never learning to write? It’s a doomsday scenario that we keep coming back to in our series on AI writing tools. If AI can craft essays and compose emails instantly, why would kids bother mastering…
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In our quest to cover the mind-blowing benefits AND the nightmare scenarios that AI chatbots are unleashing on the writing world, we called in friend-of-the-podcast and editor Kristen Tate to find out if she’s using AI in her work.
The answer? It depends entirely on her clients’ wishes—and a few hard lines she refuses to cross. But this isn’t just about ethics (though we go there). Kristen gets into the nitty-gritty technical stuff: what chatbots absolutely nail, what they’re garbage at, and her brilliant hack for wrangling conference notes that’ll make you wonder why you didn’t think of it first. Plus, she’s got some hard truths for authors who are way too eager to let AI do their editing dirty work.
If you’re an indie writer or just need some tips to polish your work, this is the episode for you.
Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.
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We’ve been putting AI chatbots through creative writing challenges, but what are these systems actually doing when they write?
In this episode, we bring in AI expert Bill Moore. Bill works with AI on the coding side, so we had him apply his technical know-how to literary prompts – including crafting the opening of a bestselling fantasy novel. Along the way, we dive into the thorny ethics of building and using AI systems.
Perfect for non-tech folks who want to understand what’s happening under the hood.
Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.
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Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Three: Recovering a Sense of Power Should you use anger to fuel your writing? Do you experience shame while creating art? Have you been...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek 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...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek One: Recovering a Sense of Safety What if the real barrier to making art isn’t talent or time, but whether you feel safe enough...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayThe Basic Tools Three pages. Every morning. No exceptions. No mercy. We’re going to unblock our inner artist using Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. For...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WaySpiritual Electricity:The Basic Principles Over the past few months, we’ve taken a deep dive into AI writing tools. Now we’re coming up for air and...
Authors & AI SeriesRobot Reporters Need Not Apply:A Journalist’s Stand We’ve been looking at how AI chatbots have been upending fiction writing, but how about in news media? Today...
Authors & AI SeriesTeaching Kids to Write in the Age of ChatGPT What if chatbots result in the next generation never learning to write? It’s a doomsday scenario that...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Four: Recovering A Sense of Integrity Do Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages work? Specifically, do...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Three: Recovering a Sense of Power Should you use anger to fuel your writing?...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Two: Recovering a Sense of Identity We’re on Week 2 of Julia Cameron’s The...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek One: Recovering a Sense of Safety What if the real barrier to making art...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayThe Basic Tools Three pages. Every morning. No exceptions. No mercy. We’re going to unblock...
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WaySpiritual Electricity:The Basic Principles Over the past few months, we’ve taken a deep dive into...
Authors & AI SeriesRobot Reporters Need Not Apply:A Journalist’s Stand We’ve been looking at how AI chatbots have been...
Authors & AI SeriesTeaching Kids to Write in the Age of ChatGPT What if chatbots result in the next...
In our quest to cover the mind-blowing benefits AND the nightmare scenarios that AI chatbots are unleashing on the...
We've been putting AI chatbots through creative writing challenges, but what are these systems actually doing when they write? In...
Is nothing sacred? After exploring how AI might steal our writing jobs, we're now testing whether these digital usurpers...
We've explored AI as brainstorming allies, critique partners, and research assistants. Now we're tackling the most contentious question: should...
Can AI truly enhance your creativity without taking over? Our previous episodes left us wondering, but in this episode...
Can AI truly enhance your creativity without taking over? Our previous episodes left us wondering, but in this episode...
Submitting work to your first workshop or critique group is nerve-wracking – these aren’t your supportive friends or family,...
Week 4: The Morning Pages Report
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s WayWeek Four: Recovering A Sense of Integrity Do Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages work? Specifically, do they work for us? We begin this podcast by discussing...