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How I Quit My Job and Finally Wrote that Novel

By Michael Grothaus — 2016

The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too.

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On Getting Over Imposter Syndrome

Writer Emma Warren discusses the ways in which imposter syndrome affected her work and self-image, and explores how people can let go of their own self-doubt and reclaim their power as creators.

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Emma Warren
2020
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A Guide for Co-Creating Access & Inclusion

This guide is for people who are considering working with and for disabled people, perhaps for the very first time. It includes a brief introduction to disability justice, and then focuses on artistic and pedagogical work with the disability community.

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Taeyoon Choi
2021
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How a Revered Studio for Artists with Disabilities Is Surviving at a Distance

Creative Growth is a place for artists with disabilities to gather, work, talk, and think without fear of reproach or dismissal.

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Dan Piepenbring
2020
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Netflix, BBC Team to Develop and Co-Produce Shows from Disabled Creatives

Netflix and the BBC will work together, in an unprecedented move, to promote disabled creatives on and off screen.

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K. J. Yossman
2021
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A Model Who Uses a Wheelchair Is Working to Bring More Physical Diversity to Fashion

Model Jillian Mercado is using her platform to open doors for other creatives with disabilities who may otherwise get overlooked in the fashion industry.

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Kate Bubacz
2021
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The Only Person You Compete with When You Are a Writer Is Yourself

You have to hold yourself accountable to your own goals.

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Brian Kurian
2019
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Why Writing Should Never Be Cut-Throat Competition

The word makes you feel as though you NEED TO WIN. You NEED to be THE BEST in order to be recognized and honored. It forces you to dig deep, drive hard, and step on your opponents. Writing, in my honest opinion, is not about that.

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Kristina H
2019
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The Competition Myth—Three Advantageous Truths

We’ve all heard it. We’ve all heard it several times, in fact. It is a somber bit of “wisdom” from someone close to us, always spoken with an air of warning: “There’s a lot of competition out there…”

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Johnny Atomic
2019
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How Artists Work with Rejection, a Constant Part of the Arts World

What do actors, writers and other artists, and psychologists and therapists, say about this common experience of rejection–and how to better deal with it?

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Douglas Eby
2015
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‘I Allow Myself a Mini-Wallow’: How to Handle Rejection in the Arts

No matter how talented you are, if you work in the creative arts, you’ll likely experience rejection—whether it’s losing a job, or getting your ideas, art, funding applications, or pitches turned down.

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Abby Young-Powell
2018
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