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• Start More Than You Can Finish

  a Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas

  Blades, Becky,

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  Start More Than You Can Finish empowers readers to become stARTists: initiators with a bias for action and the courage to ignite our ideas. Mining the best habits of artists and entrepreneurs, this book introduces the concept of "startistry," or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keep Going

  10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad

  Kleon, Austin,

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  Keep Going gives the reader life-changing, illustrated advice and encouragement on how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself in the face of personal burnout or external distractions.

• The Science of Stuck

  Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward

  Frank, Britt,

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  In this empowering and action-oriented guide, you'll discover why we can't think our way forward--and how to break through what's holding us back. Using an eclectic approach and a customizable plan that's as direct or as deep as you want, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Magic

  Creative Living Beyond Fear

  Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-

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  Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Perfect 100 Day Project

  How to Choose, Make & Finish Your Creative Project

  Armstrong, Rich,

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  Whether you're struggling with deciding on a project, starting your project, or successfully finishing and sharing your work, the information and exercises in this workbook will help you grow your creative habit, organize your thoughts, and use your…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Do the Work!

  Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way

  Pressfield, Steven

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  This book is designed to coach you through a project (a book, a ballet, a new business venture, a philanthropic enterprise) from conception to finished product, seeing it from the point of view of Resistance.

• Daring Greatly

  How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

  Brown, Brené

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  Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.

• Creative Block

  Krysa, Danielle

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  The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international artists working in different mediums and mines their insights on how to conquer self-doubt, stay motivated, and get new ideas to flow. Each artist offers a tried-and-true…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Your Artistic Voice

  The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic

  Congdon, Lisa

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  Bestselling author, artist, and illustrator Lisa Congdon brings her expertise to this guide to the process of artistic self-discovery. Featuring advice from Congdon herself and interviews with a roster of established artists, illustrators, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Creative Fight

  Create Your Best Work and Live the Life You Imagine

  Orwig, Chris

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  In this book, Chris Orwig offers a unique perspective on the creative process, showing you how to find meaning in your work, be inspired, and discover the life for which you were designed.

• Miracle in the Mundane

  Poems, Prompts, and Inspiration to Unlock Your Creativity and Unfiltered Joy

  Gregson, Tyler Knott,

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  In this insightful guide, you will learn how to uncover your creativity, find inspiration, and live a life that is "more." Through a series of challenges, you are encouraged to write, draw, photograph, and share as you discover how to see yourself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Make Possibilities Happen

  How to Transform Ideas Into Reality

  Hawthorne, Grace H.,

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  A guide to imagining the undiscovered and transforming your ideas into reality, from Stanford University's d.school

• The Big Thing

  How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me

  Korkki, Phyllis

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  A New York Times business journalist explains why it's important for people to pursue big creative projects, and identifies both the obstacles and the productive habits that emerge on the path to completion—including her own experience writing this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unleashing the Artist Within

  Breaking Through Blocks and Restoring Creative Purpose

  Maisel, Eric, 1947-

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  Dr. Maisel focuses on the reality of artistic development, explaining that unfinished and disappointing works are not a matter of personal weakness or unfortunate circumstances; they are simply daily occurrences in the lives of imaginative people.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Making Your Creative Mark

  Nine Keys to Achieving Your Artistic Goals

  Maisel, Eric, 1947-

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  Advice for those who work -- or desire to work -- in creative fields, such as writing, painting, acting, composing, or making crafts, with a focus on overcoming blocks and completing projects. Author has over three decades of experience working as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation