Thoughts on Illustration

The Blank Page (Facing Creative Block)

Episode Summary

In this episode, I share the experience of showing up at the blank page and coming up with an idea. While this episode is much shorter than usual, it's packed with insights about how I face creative block head on, and how I find my way through it to find the right idea on the other side!

Episode Notes

In this episode, I share the experience of showing up at the blank page and coming up with an idea. While this episode is much shorter than usual, it's packed with insights about how I face creative block head on, and how I find my way through it to find the right idea on the other side!

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IN THIS EPISODE

• Opener
• Celebrating the first 10 episodes!
• Main content
  • Sitting down to write but my mind is racing
  • How to focus and find my idea?
  • How facing the doubts and negative feelings head on is how I find my ideas
  • Why it's important to ask, "Who cares?"
  • Resolution: Finding my idea
     

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• Julia Herrick, Script Editor
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• Mark Allan Falk, Audio/Video Engineer
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• All Music, including Theme Song and Cues by Mark Allan Falk.
   

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