# The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a practical guide to becoming more creative, built as a 12-week program that people say worked in subtle but powerful ways.

## Why people recommend it

- Guide to becoming more creative (1 comments): "is an excellent guide to become more creative and expressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49026745))
- Structured 12-week creativity recovery program (1 comments): "it's basically a 12 week "recovery" program for creativity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935736))
- Effective in subtle, powerful ways (1 comments): "it was effective in subtle and powerful ways" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904633))
- Inspired people to start the practice (1 comments): "I started doing this too after reading The Artists Way by Julia Cameron" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118722))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Creative Act by Rick Rubin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/creative-act.md): 6 recommend
- [Impro by Keith Johnstone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/impro.md): 5 recommend
- [Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-fear.md): 4 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1509829474?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781509829477) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron", https://hackerapproved.com/p/artist-s-way/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).