You aren’t the best at your work because you pull off one magnificent thing and call it a day. You are the best because you practice consistently and improve your craft each time.
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If I could give advice to my younger self, I would say that none of these are easy decisions. You won’t know until you go out and make mistakes.
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There are always obstacles…Your negative parents, creative blocks, and shitty gray prison of an American public school system…These are all the normal conditions of being a creative. They do not define you.
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As a creator, giving your audience a great experience is your most important job. The audience is your consumer and your customer. Their attention is a valuable resource.
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Output is the act of creating…Those ideas don’t just come from nothing. Output requires energy and fuel…You need creative input to fill your tank.
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I don’t believe in writer’s block…I’ve never been blocked by something I couldn’t move myself.
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To unlock your unique writing voice, you have to choose your life’s purpose over the discomfort of reaching for it.
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Remember when you first came up with the idea for the thing? Remember how you observed or got snagged on a train of thought? That happened, because you filled the tank until you caught something useful.
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I can’t tell you how many of my best ideas I’ve come up with by not thinking, not brainstorming, not trying: doing laundry, commuting home from work, standing in line at the grocery store, or sitting in an art museum….The best ideas come when you’re not looking for them, when you’re not seeing every moment and experience as an opportunity to create and share and seek attention.
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At some point during your writing career, you will play The Comparison Game...and you will lose every time. It is a game you can never win, because the objective of the game is to tear you down.
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It’s easy to call yourself authentic, but it’s another thing entirely to be authentic, to take off the mask and pull away the protective veneer.
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