IRA GLASS
NOBODY TELLS THIS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEGINNERS, 1
WISH SOMEONE TOLD ME.
ALL OF US WHO DO CREATIVE
WORK, WE GET INTO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD TASTE.
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, THE THING THAT GOT YOU INTO THE
GAME, IS STILL KILLER. AND YOUR TASTE IS WHY YOUR
WORK DISAPPOINTS YOU. A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER GET
PAST THIS PHASE, THEY QUIT. MOST PEOPLE 1 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 THIS PHASE, YOU GOTTA KNOW ITS
NORMAL AND
IS DO A LOT OF WORK. -
PUT YOURSELF ON A DEADLINE SO
THAT EVERY WEEK YOU WILL FINISH ONE STORY. IT IS
ONLY BY GOING THROUGH A VOLUME OF WORK THAT YOU
WILL CLOSE THAT GAP, AND YOUR WORK WILL BE AS
GOOD AS YOUR AMBITIONS. AND 1 TOOK LONGER TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS THAN ANYONE rvE EVER
MET. IT'S GONNA TAKE AWHILE.
IVS NORMAL TO TAKE
AWHILE. YOU'VE JUST GOTTA FIGHT YOUR WAY THROUGH
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