5+ Ways to Overcome Challenges and Find Creative Fulfillment

No matter where you are in your writing career, you’re going to face obstacles to your creative fulfillment.

And you’re going to have to overcome those obstacles—often, repeatedly.

I’m excited to share a conversation I recently had with author and podcast host Elena Paige about these obstacles and how to overcome them. (Watch the video on YouTube.)

Obstacles to Your Creative Fulfillment

Take self-doubt, for instance. Just when you think you’ve got it beat, a bad review, difficult critique, or bad day writing will cause it to raise its ugly head again.

Or how about your author platform? You’ll have times when it’s growing good, and then times when it seems nothing you do works and readers couldn’t care less.

I had the great pleasure of chatting with the delightful Elena Paige, a children’s and teen author and superb podcast host, about these issues and more.

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Elena values creativity, and enjoys encouraging others to nurture the creative genius within.

Her podcast, “The Children’s Book Author Podcast,” features interviews with a variety of experts that can help listeners boost their creativity.

I was honored to be one of them!

Elena recently released our talk on her podcast, and I’m delighted to share it with you.

We talked about:

  • Overcoming fear
  • The secret to building your author platform
  • How to defeat self-doubt…every time
  • How to overcome distraction and get more writing done
  • Why talking to yourself in the 3rd person is effective!
  • What to do if family and friends don’t read your work
  • And more!

Elena has a delightful sense of humor and I thoroughly enjoyed talking with her. I hope you’ll find the podcast/video helpful in nurturing your own creativity and productivity!

Watch the video on Elena’s website or on YouTube.

OR, listen to the audio version on Buzzsprout.


Additional Resources

Note: For more help on boosting creativity, finding time to write, and building a successful author platform, check out these resources: