On Making Decisions

It's hard to set distinct goals for myself with the Charlotte project because I have never really worked on something quite like this and I tend to have ideas floating all over the place. It's easy to write or sketch many different ideas, but hard to piece them together into something cohesive. The world in which Charlotte's story takes place has been on my mind for quite some time now, I just hadn't given her a name or a personality.

Once I decided that writing a children's book was something that I wanted to do, I then needed to make a few decisions just to be sure that this project wouldn't fall into the “someday bin.” Any large creative project really needs the right mixture of organization and passion to truly dive into it and I am guilty of having an embarrassingly full “someday bin.” To be quite honest, a few months ago I saw myself as a coward for being so afraid of failure until I asked my self, “what's the point of being scared?” So I decided to create some courage, because it's pointless to be afraid of failing at learning. It just isn't possible.

Focus on the Process

The discipline of creativity—no matter your medium—is an evolving process. You just CAN'T perfect what you don't practice. Though it's definitely a hurdle of its own to not get overwhelmed by all of the decisions that still need to be made, the only thing to do is focus on the joy of working through the process.