as long as you can stand it, stay out of the way
[on drawing cartoon characters] I don’t have to do very much except draw them again and try not to push things in any particular directions for as long as I can stand to stay out of things, but eventually that open way changes and I start wanting from them. I want them to be really good right away and this stops the natural pace of discovery and replaces it with an objective. This can’t be helped.
Lynda Barry
When is it time to stop the open way? When should you start having an objective? What happens to the discovery process? How does this work for me?