"Oh, that sly Sara Zarr! Courageous Creativity not only unlocks pathways within and around us; it grants permission to fearlessly imagine, try, fail, and re-imagine whatever we approach in everyday life. Invaluable!"

Tools, not rules! Sara Zarr dives deep into the typical artist's insecurity-laced psyche to help readers turn their fears into successes. This book is the best gift you can give any writer or other creative person -- to validate, inspire, encourage, instruct, and empower. Even twenty-five books into my career, I'm so grateful to have read it now.

Sara Zarr makes an inspiring case that creativity is our birthright, and yet it takes courage to express it. Step by step, she shows us how to drop our fears and self-judgments and reclaim what's ours. This wonderful, highly readable, and deeply personal book feels like a warm conversation with an insightful and encouraging friend.

"I wish I had this book when I first started putting stories down on paper when I was a kid. Maybe it would've felt less scary. Maybe I would've felt less alone."