Words to Write by

Week 10: The Habits that Block Us


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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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