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Mama B (Ellen)'s avatar

I love everything you right. We are all a work in progress just like your writing. Love you.

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Alex Knepper's avatar

💕💕💕

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MS Bourland's avatar

hi Alex! It's honestly lovely to see your name in my inbox, and to see that you're writing again here! I haven't read The Artist's Way (but now feel the need to add it to my TBR!), but the quotes you've shared remind me a bit of The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin, which I love and would absolutely recommend for anyone who wants to build a (more) creative life.

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Alex Knepper's avatar

Thank you, thank you, thank you! It makes me so happy to hear that. I can’t wait to update you all on everything I’ve been reading/writing these past few months! Also, I cannot stress enough how much the Artist’s Way has completely changed the game for me. If you like Seth Godin, then you will love Julia Cameron. I actually think he was my first exposure to the idea of writing morning pages (3 long hand, stream of consciousness pages of writing first thing in the morning). I will definitely have to check out The Icarus Deception. My favorite book of his that I’ve read is The Practice. I definitely recommend it as well!

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Thank you, Garrett! Good to be back! 🥰 It’s a total dual edged sword. Revision & editing are valuable tools until they aren’t! It’s the artist’s job to know where the line is and yet when it comes to actually releasing a piece into the world, we tend to lean on coltish fear rather than authorial…authority. As most things in life, it is easy to understand and difficult to actually do— to let go.

I *love* this idea of the five-draft rule! I think giving yourself an allowance or boundaries of any kind offers a sort of freedom to prioritize the things that are actually important to you in your writing. Like a kid with arcade tickets choosing which penny prize they want— true art & desires come to the surface. Very good!

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