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Sorry, book club participants—I meant to post a prompt on Friday, but Professor Sidler and I went to see Star Wars instead.

Dear readers and subcreators! This is our last week reading Adorning the Dark together. It’s been such a joy reading along with you, discussing what stands out, digging into themes and questions, and hearing what you’re working on. Thanks for joining in. Here’s one last excerpt, and another couple discussion-starters, and we’ll have a creative […]

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This one is going to be a little scary. Are you ready? Since this week’s reading was all about the ways our community can support and challenge us as creators, and about the ways creating together can build community… Write something. Anything. Something from one of the last few prompts, maybe. Something you started years […]

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It’s here! Andrew’s new book on creativity and community is now available on Audible, read by Andrew himself. Click the cover to be zoomed to Amazon:

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“Art nourishes community. Community nourishes art.” Andrew’s been saying this for years, and I’ve seen beautiful ways that’s played out in his relationships, in the Rabbit Room community, and in some of my friendships, also. I hope you have, too. Let’s talk about that. After the low sales of Love & Thunder … I got […]

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Remember Andrew’s story about digging the tunnel, and the suggestion that some memories choose us? What memories have chosen you? Pick one of those memories. Try to put yourself back into it—imagine the smells, the sounds, the textures, the colors, the tastes. Start with one corner, a one-inch square, perhaps, and see where the memory […]

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Before we dive in today: CONGRATULATIONS to our dear Andrew—Adorning the Dark was named Arts & Culture book of the year by the Gospel Coalition! I love what they said about it. Click here to read more. (And click here for BTLOG info—Andrew’s 20th annual Christmas tour is underway! And it’s being livestreamed next Monday, […]

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“The other reason young songwriters’s songs are too long is that their songs are about five things instead of one,” Andrew says in chapter 11. That’s a hard impulse to control! So today we’re going to practice together, using the writing exercise Andrew learned from Anne Lamott. Ready? This one is a writing prompt and […]

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This week (chapters 10-11) Andrew’s getting into some real nuts-and-bolts writerly advice, which I suspect we’ve all been waiting for. Today we’ll focus on chapter 10, since there’s a built-in creative prompt in chapter 11 that’ll be perfect for Friday. A song is like a spell. You learn to say it exactly right, inflect the […]

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This week’s creative prompt is from Andrew himself! If you follow him on social media, you have probably seen all of the pencil drawings he’s been doing lately. (If not, go give him a follow! He’s on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.) Here’s the sketch he did last night, along with his comments below: So there […]

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