The Smarter Artist Show: Episode 7 - The Creative Mid-Life Crisis

SMARTER ARTIST EPISODE 7: The Creative Mid-life Crisis

This episode is about hitting your creative mid-life crisis. You've been at it, you've had success or are still working toward it, but something's missing. You don't feel the magic like you used to. What happened? In this episode we're going to look back to when we started in 2011 and take a look at some of the highs and lows and how we pushed on.

• TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro 2:00 — talking about sponsorships 3:40 — Lars Von Trier disastrous interview discussion 5:20 — "So there…" 6:00 — Dave's Something Cool — "Bring Her Back" & Dave doesn't know what Johnny will find objectionable 11:10 — Johnny's Something Cool — "The Chair Company" 15:40 — Sean's Something Cool — which makes Dave laugh 19:50 — Johnny talks about the Catch-22 of "Worst Show Ever" and how an enjoyable show requires Dave's suffering.
• TOPIC OF THE SHOW 21:00 — Looking back at the Kindle Gold Rush and our starts. When did we realize we could make a living at writing? 27:00 — Johnny on the discouraging nature of indie publishing and how he's moving away from e-books and toward print. 29:00 — Is there a time we were disillusioned with writing, and what caused it? 31:20 — Sean on finding joy after a disastrous setback 38:00 — Johnny on writing malaise and figuring out what you're good at. 43:00 — How do you keep the magic alive? 46:00 — Hypotheticals — a return of a favorite segment, hypotheticals. This week's question: If you had to start over right now with all of your knowledge, what would you work on?

LINKS: BOOK — Becca Syme's "Dear Writer, You Need to Quit" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N36MHWD

VIDEO — (Lars Von Trier's Disastrous Press Conference )

Website — www.smarterartist.net