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Words to Write by · Dec 17, 2025 · 59 min

Week 3: The Pushback

Should you use anger to fuel your writing? Do you experience shame while creating art? Have you been keeping up with your artist pages? Week 3 of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way poses these questions with clear answers in mind—but we're not convinced. In this episode, we dig into what happens when a wildly successful writing craft book conflicts with your actual creative process, and what's still valuable even when you fundamentally disagree. Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.

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Should you use anger to fuel your writing? Do you experience shame while creating art? Have you been keeping up with your artist pages?

Week 3 of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way poses these questions with clear answers in mind—but we're not convinced. In this episode, we dig into what happens when a wildly successful writing craft book conflicts with your actual creative process, and what's still valuable even when you fundamentally disagree.

Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.

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