Joyful Persistence: My Talk for the UBC School of Creative Writing Graduation
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Joyful Persistence: My Talk for the UBC School of Creative Writing Graduation
When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.
jamesclear.com • “Make Good Art” by Neil Gaiman
learning how to endure your disappointment and frustration is part of the job of a creative person.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
The practice seeks to make change, but the process demands originality. The practice is consistent, but only in intention, not in execution. Every creator who has engaged in the practice has a long, nearly infinite string of failures. All the ways not to start a novel, not to invent the light bulb, not to transform a relationship. Again and again,
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Sketches show us how messy the creative process really is. You need to explore. You need to goof around. You need to postpone the self-criticism. The worst thing you can do as a creator is compare your initial draft to somebody's final one. https://t.co/vfABz1sLGz