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Adam Savage mentioned Mary Carr's book, "Liar's Club", and how she addressed writer's block by copying the work of writers she loves in longhand to stay engaged in the act of writing.
There's a line from Mary Carr who wrote Liar's Club, wrote about what she does with writer's block and she says, if I can't think about what to write, I sit at my desk and I copy writers I love in lon...
— Episode: Making Stuff, with Adam Savage
Episode: Making Stuff, with Adam Savage
Adam Savage mentioned Mary Carr's book, "Liar's Club", and how she addressed writer's block by copying the work of writers she loves in longhand to stay engaged in the act of writing.
There's a line from Mary Carr who wrote Liar's Club, wrote about what she does with writer's block and she says, if I can't think about what to write, I sit at my desk and I copy writers I love in longhand because my fidelity at the desk is to be writing, whether it's my own writing or not.
Episode: Making Stuff, with Adam Savage
Mary Carr's book was used as a source of inspiration for Adam Savage, where he learned that when he is feeling creatively stuck, he can just start writing down other people's writing as an exercise.
There's a line from Mary Carr who wrote Liar's Club Wrote about what she does with writer's block And she says, if I can't think about what to write I sit at my desk and I copy writers I love in longhand
