Here to Rec this again, or The Right to Write also by Julia Cameron. It doesn’t necessarily help with line actual writing tips, but I found it helped my writing and creative practice in general by beginning to consider my entire life as a whole as part of it. What we write comes from how we live, what we see, how we think. And this helped me with that! It comes in from an “Artist’s block“ perspective, and I was worried it wouldn’t work because I wasn’t at all blocked, but I still found it really useful and interesting to discover the ways that maybe I was blocked and hadnt realised. It’s also just a really good tool to ensure commitment to craft, which i think is the hardest and most important thing in creating. If you do it a lot, consistently, you will improve, always.
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12-week guided process for reconnecting with your inner child as your driving force for creating art (a lot of the exercises are writing-oriented, but it’s meant to re-invigorate any artistic practice)
fundamentally the artist’s way has two core principles: (1) write a little bit every day - the book says 3 pages first thing in the morning and (2) give yourself some novel experiences as artistic input to be able to generate artistic output
its hard to stay super consistent / complete all 12 weeks in 12 weeks time, but i think it is a really helpful starting place for getting back to a headspace where you’re writing / creating again because it gives you a lot of structure, room to ”fail”, find peace and joy in the process, and just have fun with it in a way we’re not really conditioned to past a certain age :)
Mar 19, 2024
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I was going to recommend The Artist’s Way, but someone already has. So I thought I’d come and say that she has another course-book called “The Right to Write”. I haven’t started it yet, but I have it and it’s similar to The Artist’s Way but focussed specifically on writing. I really loved The Artist’s Way, and there are things I started when I was doing it that have become parts of my life in general. Morning pages are something I’ve done for years but had fallen out of doing everyday, so it put me back on track and I find it useful. Although I do sometimes think that i prefer evening pages to morning. Morning pages your brain is blank so it’s easier to create new things, but if you struggle with creating new things atm then evening pages often gives you more to work with. You have everything you did that day, stuff to reflect on, feelings to process. So if morning pages are feeling tough, perhaps try before bed! You might end up doing both night and morning!
Mar 19, 2024
The Artist’s Way is the classic rec for this ask, but theres one lesson it teaches that stuck with me most. when you feel stuck doing the creating that you really want to or feel like you “should”, do another form of creating instead. If you’ve a writing block, paint instead. A paining block? Collage! go on a photo walk and take some good photos. All creativity is linked and if you feel blocked in one, loosening up another can help!
Jun 20, 2024
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I used to be envious of people who had “MySpace friends” or “tumblr friends”. Now I have PI.FYI friends. Thank you capyboppy for your lovely letter and this illustration of a capybara and a mouse with fruit on our heads, it made me weirdly emotional ❤️
Jun 11, 2024
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is gig etiquette dead? Don’t go to a gig if you wanna just talk to your mates! go to a pub it’s what they’re for!
Dec 8, 2024
IT'S OUT MY RECORD IS OUT I LITERALLY AM CRYING. The culmination of 4 plus years of work. I'm...gonna go to bed now!
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