According to The Artist’s Way a creative writer’s resource by Julia Cameron, “creativity flourishes in an atmosphere of safety and acceptance.” Earlier this weekend, I saw a twitter from a writer who was enormously frustrated by her lack of progress in this NaNoWriMo. She was choking from anxiety, every single time she sat down to write. We can exert enormous pressure on ourselves, sometimes too much pressure. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love deadlines (even those that come at you like a Mack truck). They can be invigorating, challenging to just write and get the words on the paper […]