getting unstuck in their creative lives, and she got more than 2,000 responses, including one from erin rawlings. a stay at home mom in michigan who's been blogging for six years. erin wants to write a book but she's struggling. >> i was afraid that any time that i took away from my kids to write was selfish. >> reporter: so when gilbert put out the call, erin leapt. >> i'm ready to take my storytelling to the next level and start my book. >> reporter: erin was chosen. >> hi, erin, it's liz gilbert. i was saying, if you want to have children that are creative they're going to have to see you modelling that for them. >> reporter: "nightline" flew erin to new york city to meet gilbert.

getting unstuck in their creative lives, and she got more than 2,000 responses, including one from erin rawlingshome mom in michigan who's been blogging for six years. erin wants to write a book but she's struggling. >> i was afraid that any time that i took away from my kids to write was selfish. >> reporter: so when gilbert put out the call, erin leapt. >> i'm ready to take my storytelling to the next level and start my book. >> reporter: erin was chosen. >> hi, erin, it's liz gilbert. i was saying, if you want to have children that are creative they're going to have to see you modelling that for them. >> reporter: "nightline" flew erin to new york city to meet gilbert. >> so nice to meet you! >> you had been on what i was calling the runway. did you take off that runway a little bit? >> i did. i went to the library. i sat there and wrote. as of today, i have 10,000 words written. >> that's incredible. >> reporter: gilbert knows intimately what it's like to struggle creatively. >> you could spend the rest of your life trying to top something that can never be topped. off what if you just kept

getting unstuck in their creative lives and she got more than 2,000 responses including one from erin rawlingsuper push. >> a stay-at-home mom in michigan who has been blogging for six years. erin now wants to write a book but is struggling. >> i was afraid that anytime that i took away from my kids to write was selfish. >> when gilbert put out the call, erin leapt. >> i'm ready to take my story telling to the next level and start the book. >> erin was chosen for the podcast. >> hi, it's liz gilbert. >> how did you walk her through it. >> essentially what i was saying is if you want to have children who are creative, they have to see you modeling that for them. >> "nightline" flew her to new york city for a follow-up. >> you had been on the runway. did you take off that runway a little bit. >> i did. i went to the library and sat there and just wrote. as of today, i have 10,000 words written. >> that's incredible. >> reporter: gilbert knows intimately what it's like to struggle creatively. >> you could spend the rest of your life trying to top something that could not be topped or what if you