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Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative
work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap for the first couple
years you make stuff, it's just not that good. It's trying to be good, it has potential, but it's not. But your taste is why
your work disappoints you. A lot of people NEVER get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative
work went through years of this. We know our work doesn't have this SPECIAL THING that we want it to have. We all go through
this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in the this phase, you gotta know that it's normal and the most important
thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It's only
by going through a volume of work that you will close the gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took
longer to figure out how to do this then anyone I've ever met. it's gonna take a while. It's normal to take a while. You just
gotta fight your way through. AUTHOR - Ira Glass.
Time and patience and practice, these are the ingredients needed to close the gap. |
