This is a workshop I designed for Stanford’s Hume Writing Center that takes the form of a zine. It aims to help students turn their inner critic into a productive force.
The activities draw on well-researched methods for overcoming unproductive self-criticism, particularly by reframing the inner critic as an external voice rather than part of oneself.
These are a few representations of an “inner critic” I designed. They are based on monsters, pests, and loud animals to reflect the varied negative effects unchecked inner critics can have on writers.
