About this episode

Joanna Penn discusses the podcast's move to Wednesdays and shares tips for sustainable creativity.

After more than a decade of releasing this show on Mondays, I’m moving it to Wednesdays , and this is the first episode of the new time slot. On the one hand, this might sound like nothing at all, but it’s also a big deal, for you and for me, and in this episode, I explain why I'm making the change, and past guests give some tips on sustainable creativity for the long term . Joanna Penn is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, short stories and travel memoir under J.F. Penn and also writes non-fiction for authors and hosts The Creative Penn Podcast. Why the podcast is moving to Wednesdays (1) Take time out to question what you’re doing (2) Learn to pivot if you want to keep going long term (3) Set a sustainable pace, and don’t build reader expectations you can’t deliver on (4) Don’t try to do it all, and try to identify the fear that might be driving your choices (5) Question what still serves you, especially as things continue to change (6) Consider different approaches to creativity. It doesn’t have to be every day, or every week (7) Creative humans evolve. Build a body of work for the long term. You can find the backlist…

People in this episode

Host: Joanna Penn

Topics covered

• podcast schedule change
• sustainable creativity
• long-term creativity strategies
• creative process
• author insights

Keywords

• podcast
• creativity
• sustainability
• author
• writing tips
• Joanna Penn
• creative process

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Creative Penn Podcast

Books & works: New York Times, USA Today

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