Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
When you’re working on something unconventional, something creative and uncertain, it can be disheartening to feel like you’re not producing enough, not getting the numbers, not earning the money. And where is this thing that you’ve been spending all your time on, hmm? It doesn’t exist yet. Will anything tangible come of it?
When I set off travelling, I imagined myself creating art while on the move. Turns out, it’s not so easy…
Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank page, wondering whether you should stab at it repeatedly with a kitchen knife, or decorate it with your tears and snot? You were probably suffering from a creative block. Follow these steps for a cure …
© Torre DeRoche 2024. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce any material from this blog without written permission.