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Keep Going

Austin Kleon's ten rules for staying creative once the work stops being new

Written for people who already do the work and now have to carry on doing it. Ten rules. Among them: treat every day as its own unit, build a bliss station nobody can reach you in, do the verb instead of chasing the noun, tidy up when stuck. Quieter in tone than the two books before it, and aimed at anyone burned out, starting over, or doing well and still stuck.

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    Writer and artist · Steal Like an Artist

    Ten ways to stay creative, focused and true to yourself, aimed at anyone burned out, starting out, starting over or already doing well. Build a bliss station, and forget the noun and do the verb, are two of the ten.

    Source: AustinKleon.com: Keep Going

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