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A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Release: Creativity and Freedom After the Writing Is Done by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
5.0
The process of releasing a book or other creative work is not always easy, comfortable, or unmixed celebration and fulfillment. As I've experienced myself, there are feelings of anxiety, insecurity, conflict, and disappointment when a book or other creative work is released to the public. And there can also be difficult feelings surrounding work that can’t be released for some reason. What to do with these emotions, in a healthy creative process?
Andrew invites us to reframe writing as a gift and to consider ways the gift needs to move — whether it’s out into the world, or into and through the soul of the writer. She asserts that creativity does not end when the writing is done, but enters a new phase that can nourish and stimulate us just as much as the process of generating and revising work does. And she offers a wealth of practical suggestions as to how to encourage that to happen. This book has already made a difference in my own writing process, and I look forward to revisiting its principles with every new project, to help re-orient me in the direction of gratitude, abundance, and joy.
Andrew invites us to reframe writing as a gift and to consider ways the gift needs to move — whether it’s out into the world, or into and through the soul of the writer. She asserts that creativity does not end when the writing is done, but enters a new phase that can nourish and stimulate us just as much as the process of generating and revising work does. And she offers a wealth of practical suggestions as to how to encourage that to happen. This book has already made a difference in my own writing process, and I look forward to revisiting its principles with every new project, to help re-orient me in the direction of gratitude, abundance, and joy.