Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way
Week 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 block. And Cameron’s fix isn’t the standard “butt in chair, write daily” gospel (morning pages notwithstanding). No, she goes bigger, blaming workaholism, distraction, fame-chasing, and our need to compare ourselves to everyone else. Classic Cameron: heavy on the diagnosis, light on the cure.
Lucky for you, listener, we like useful advice. This episode: boundaries that stick, carving out time and headspace to write, prompts that don’t feel like homework, and how to enjoy the process of daily writing. Plus a detour into dopamine, because apparently we can’t discuss creativity without getting a little sciency about it.
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Goodbye, Artist’s Way. Hello, Actual Craft
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...