A Goodreads user asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

How long did it take you to trust in your creative process?

Elizabeth Gilbert I think the more important question is: "Can your creative process trust YOU?" Have you fully committed to it? Or do you flake in and out of it (and then – oooh, worst thought-trap ever! — do you blame the creative process for being difficult, rather than holding yourself accountable to show up for the work?) I think the important thing is that my writing can trust ME – that my writing can count on me to show up at my desk every day and do my work in a devoted manner, whether that work is going well or not. So I have to do a trickster move here and turn the question back on you, sweet Pixie Willow: Can your creativity trust YOU? Are you really showing up for it? Or are you waiting for inspiration to magically find you?

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