The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

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I was stuck with my writing, until this changed everything
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I was stuck with my writing, until this changed everything

I didn’t need more discipline — I needed to feel less alone. I needed people who understood the messy, beautiful work of making things

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Apr 11, 2025
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For years, I have had tens of thousands of words sitting in a draft for my next book. Or rather, I had those words in drafts for two possible books I would write.

Every so often, I would pick it up again, and soon after, let it languish. Today, I want to talk about what has completely changed that, to the point where I am now working on my book every s…

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