Chasing Creative

S4E16: Get Unstuck: Troubleshooting Common Creative Pitfalls

Episode Summary

Do you get excited about a new creative project, then give up halfway through? Or maybe you don't think your idea is good enough to even get started? What if you get all the way to the end of a project but can't quite push through to the finish line? We all have individual struggles with actually completing a creative project. Today, Ashley and Abbie are hashing out some of the most common creative pitfalls and how you can troubleshoot them.

Episode Notes

Do you get excited about a new creative project, then give up halfway through? Or maybe you don't think your idea is good enough to even get started? What if you get all the way to the end of a project but can't quite push through to the finish line? We all have individual struggles with actually completing a creative project. Today, Ashley and Abbie are hashing out some of the most common creative pitfalls and how you can troubleshoot them.

Resources mentioned in this episode

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Magic Lessons podcast

Start by Jon Acuff

Finish by Jon Acuff

Essentialism by Greg KcKeown

How to Set Goals Like a Normal Person from the Lazy Genius Collective

The Lazy Genius Finds Her Purpose

Toggl time tracker

I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam’s time log

Mini book club

The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan

The Girls by Emma Cline

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs

"Two dying memoirists wrote bestsellers about their final days. Then their spouses fell in love."

Reading People by Anne Bogel

Here's where you can find Abbigail

Inkwells and Images

Facebook: @inkwellsandimages

Twitter: @abbigailekriebs

Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

Here's where you can find Ashley

Ashley Brooks Writes blog

Brooks Editorial blog

Instagram: @brookseditorial

Twitter: @brookseditorial

Pinterest: @brookseditorial