Feb. 8, 2023

398 - How Your Inner Critic Can Surprisingly Help You Overcome Creative Block

398 - How Your Inner Critic Can Surprisingly Help You Overcome Creative Block

Does your creative work seem to get worse the better you try to make it? Is the only option to just quit trying?

In this episode we explore how to approach improving your creative work in such a way that it actually works and maybe even makes the process more enjoyable as well!

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CALL TO ADVENTURE

Get high on your own supply. Bring taste testing into your process; reference, be influenced by, and become a consumer of your own work sometimes.

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