“You have to have a lot of patience,” says science writer Jennie Erin Smith about working on a long-term creative project. She adds, “You have to have a lot of patience with eccentric people.” In this bonus episode, we talk about patience, plus about sharing work with creative heroes, the importance of taking a good long break, the art of pushing through, what to do when the words aren’t coming, and why having a “breakthrough” isn’t a necessary part of the process.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennie-erin-smith-b0a6272b/">Jennie Erin Smith</a> is the author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572634/valley-of-forgetting-by-jennie-erin-smith/">Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure</a>. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, and others. She is a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award; the Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida; and two first-place awards from the Society for Features Journalism. She lives in Florida and Colombia. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://emergingform.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">emergingform.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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