24th Oct 2008
First You Have to Suck
I have often spoken about the gap between my taste as a reader and my ability as a writer. When you’re starting out in the arts (or, in my case, when you’ve been starting out for 20 years), you know good stuff when you read it, but there’s a painful lack of ability to reach that bar when you sit down to create. It can be career-killing, that gap.
Here’s Ira Glass, undeniably successful in his writing and his work, speaking about the gap and how to overcome it: [via Centrum]
Now whatever your creative pursuit, set some goals and get through it. I will be doing so, myself.
I have often spoken about the gap between my taste as a reader and my ability as a writer. When you’re starting out in the arts (or, in my case, when you’ve been starting out for 20 years), you know good stuff when you read it, but there’s a painful lack of ability to reach that bar when you sit down to create. It can be career-killing, that gap.
Here’s Ira Glass, undeniably successful in his writing and his work, speaking about the gap and how to overcome it: [via Centrum]
Now whatever your creative pursuit, set some goals and get through it. I will be doing so, myself.
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