the process

clairelegrand:

the quiet days are the hardest.

when you work until your eyes hurt, your wrists ache, your shoulders burn, your brain goes fuzzy. it’s quiet, and it’s solitary. the complete opposite of glamorous. gritty and unshowered.

when you have an idea burning inside you—a story still waiting to be told, art waiting to be made, characters that exist only in your heart—and no one knows about it but you.

when you accomplish something small—a finished chapter, a finished scene, a sketch, an idea...