The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best - write the story you want to read. The same principle applies to your life and your career.
Pretend to be making something until you actually make something. - Austin Kleon
Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
- Austin Kleon
Copying is about reverse-engineering. - Austin Kleon
Copying is about reverse-engineering.
Become a documentarian of what you do. - Austin Kleon
Become a documentarian of what you do.
Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas. - Austin Kleon
Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.
Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead. - Austin Kleon
Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.
Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder. - Austin Kleon
Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.
You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with. - Austin Kleon
You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
In order to be found, you have to be findable. - Austin Kleon
In order to be found, you have to be findable.
Don't wait until you know who you are to get started. - Austin Kleon
Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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