An introduction to your Here to Save You hosts Tessa Fontaine and Annie Hartnett. We share the details of the "writing accountability contract" we signed in 2018-- which is how we were able to write second books and also how we became friends.
This contract we signed came from this Aimee Bender essay: Why the Best Way to Get Creative Is to Make Some Rules
Books mentioned:
Deep Work by Cal Newport
I'll Show Myself Out by Jessi Klein
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Spoiler: You will meet our third co-host Ellen O'Connell Whittet in episode 4!
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