What nobody says to newbies
This is a brief retelling of a lecture by Ira Glass - the lead and the producer of the national radio show "This American Life" (This American Life). Dedicated to Danil.
Nobody says this to newcomers and it would be great if someone at the beginning said it to me: we all - people who start doing creative work - we start doing it because we have good taste. But the result does not correspond to what your taste tells you. The first few years you work, but the result is not particularly good. He seems to be trying to be good, he has potential, but he is not so good; not good at all. But your taste, which made you do it, is still great. He is good enough for you to see that your work does not hold out; he lets you see that she is lousy. Many people do not go through this phase, many people give up on it.
And what I want to say to you from the bottom of my heart is that the majority ... all my friends who are engaged in interesting creative work, have gone through years of this. They start because they have a good taste, and they know that their work is not up to its core, that there is nothing special in it that they want to see in it. Everyone goes through it. And if you are only at the beginning, if you are still at this stage, you should know that this is normal, and that the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work, a lot of work. Set a deadline for each week to write one story, for example. It is even better if someone expects a job from you, even if that someone does not pay you. You just have to produce a result, because only having done a lot of work, you will be able to overcome this difference and the quality of your work will begin to match your ambitions.
I went to this the longest I know. It takes time. And that's fine. You just have to get through it.
Ira Glass is a great fellow. A full English lecture lasts only five and a half minutes.
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And you may also be interested in a lecture on how to do an excellent job .
Nobody says this to newcomers and it would be great if someone at the beginning said it to me: we all - people who start doing creative work - we start doing it because we have good taste. But the result does not correspond to what your taste tells you. The first few years you work, but the result is not particularly good. He seems to be trying to be good, he has potential, but he is not so good; not good at all. But your taste, which made you do it, is still great. He is good enough for you to see that your work does not hold out; he lets you see that she is lousy. Many people do not go through this phase, many people give up on it.
And what I want to say to you from the bottom of my heart is that the majority ... all my friends who are engaged in interesting creative work, have gone through years of this. They start because they have a good taste, and they know that their work is not up to its core, that there is nothing special in it that they want to see in it. Everyone goes through it. And if you are only at the beginning, if you are still at this stage, you should know that this is normal, and that the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work, a lot of work. Set a deadline for each week to write one story, for example. It is even better if someone expects a job from you, even if that someone does not pay you. You just have to produce a result, because only having done a lot of work, you will be able to overcome this difference and the quality of your work will begin to match your ambitions.
I went to this the longest I know. It takes time. And that's fine. You just have to get through it.
Ira Glass is a great fellow. A full English lecture lasts only five and a half minutes.
')
And you may also be interested in a lecture on how to do an excellent job .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/209652/
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