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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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...
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,...
Can writers harness AI ethically without surrendering the soul of their craft? In our provocative new mini-series, we’re not...
In this episode, we’re finally putting the Hero’s Journey to rest and bidding farewell to Christopher Vogler’s “The Writer’s...
An Interview with Lia Riley Check it Out: The Hero’s Journey Study Guide Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey insists...
Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s JourneyStage Eleven: The Resurrection&Stage Twelve: Return with the Elixir Check it Out: The Hero’s Journey...
Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s JourneyStage 9: RewardStage 10: The Road Home Check it Out: The Hero’s Journey Study Guide...
Empowering the Powerless:Tim Waggoner’s Tips for Keeping Horror Heroes Active Check it Out: The Hero’s Journey Study Guide Horror...
Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s JourneyStage Eight: The Ordeal Check it Out: The Hero’s Journey Study Guide Think you know...
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...