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I really struggle with that spontaneity Cregger practiced. A judge in a painting competition told me once that my paintings lack emotion because they're too planned. I think about that a lot and really try (and fail) to set out without a blueprint. It's scary to "open the hidden door in the basement" and not know where you're going.

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I feel the same way and that's why when it comes to having a plan vs totally winging it, it's not an either/or approach for me and more like some combination of the two. The other key thing here is the removal of stakes. It began as just a fun writing exercise that no one else was ever even going to see. Removing that pressure might make the trip less scary.

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I’ve been absolutely in love with your recent ink drawings, for what it’s worth. But I’m also a huge fan of your style in general, so I might be a bit biased.

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I often find that as the first audience to my work, I am also my harshest critic. There was a quote someone passed along at one point and I’ve forgotten the exact words, but it basically boiled down to critiquing your work as bad while you’re creating it is like eating the ingredients of a cupcake before you’ve baked it and calling it a bad cupcake (something like that). Anyway, I like this idea of finding the fun, so I definitely plan to keep asking myself that as I write.

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I completely relate to this. Although I'm *slightly* better at separating the creator from the critic than I used to be, it's an ongoing process and a subject I'll probably keep returning to.

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Loved Barbarian! It was such a fun movie to experience. And I barely plot anything.., i enjoy those little surprises while I’m writing.

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