Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way
Week 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 Way goes deep on identifying what keeps writers from writing, even if the solutions are a little thin on the ground. Cameron argues that blocked writers don’t need more discipline; they need more enthusiasm and to treat the work like play. And how, exactly, do we do that?
She also introduces the concept of Creative U-turns, where otherwise successful artists seem to sabotage their own careers right at the threshold of success. The concepts are genuinely intriguing, enough that we stuck around to find the solutions Cameron didn’t.
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