The Artist’s Way – Week 2

As your recovery progresses, you will come to experience a more comfortable faith in your creator and your creator within.  You will learn that it is actually easier to write than not write, paint than not paint, and so forth.  You will learn to enjoy the process of being a creative channel and to surrender your need to control the result.  You will discover the joy of practicing your creativity.  The process, not the product, will become your focus.

-Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way, pg. 44

I Think We Need To Take A Break…

I spent the last thirty-one days on the rewrite of my novel.  I’ve been working on this bloody thing for around six years now, so lately I have been scurrying to finish it up and to finish it up quickly.  During the past month, I spent anywhere from one to two hours a day writing, and although this wasn’t a huge amount of time, it was enough to completely immerse me in the characters, the plot, and the world of the story.  Now, two days after printing off the last page, I’m experiencing a strange regret.