The frustrated creatives' manifesto (for when things aren't going well and you need a perfect revolution)

Writing isn't a real job. Creativity doesn't make money. Everyone online and on television got lucky, or are lying. We've just been fooling ourselves all this time.

These are the kind of things I think to myself when writing isn't going well

When I want to write, but don't know WHAT to write.

Or when I don't know whether or not it'll be worth anything to anyone at all.

Whether it's good enough by the imaginary, insurmountably high standards I set for myselfโ€ฆ 


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Stephanie Lennox

Award-winning author, keynote speaker, holistic writing coach and wellness advocate. My gift is the ability to make creatives feel good about the work they do.

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