August 29, 2004

nobody cares. do it for yourself.

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More thoughts on “How To Be Crea­tive”:

22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.

Every­body is too busy with their own lives to give a damn about your book, pain­ting, screen­play etc, espe­cially if you haven’t sold it yet. And the ones that aren’t, you don’t want in your life anyway.

Making a big deal over your crea­tive sch­tick is the kiss of death. That’s all I have to say on the subject.

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5 Responses to “nobody cares. do it for yourself.”

  1. P" says:

    soo­ner or later your site will be lis­ted on a con­tent advi­sors list.

  2. hugh macleod says:

    Tell me about it.
    I chan­ged the image, though.
    The other one was just a bit too edgy for the “HTBC” context.

  3. alisani says:

    chaos:me:picture
    am back to your site three nights in a row. maybe I am on the way to a very high moun­tain. think I can feel it tug­ging at me. this site is both dri­ving me insane and care­fully making sense. still rea­ding though

  4. 15 year old kid who wants to be a movie director, u can call me abs says:

    REALLY!, wow, thanks, i have allll­ways been worr­ying about the scripts i write in my own time and i always ask someone else to read them

  5. […] It’s all for myself. Nobody cares. And that’s ok. That’s been the advice for a while. I blog for myself, I wor­kout for myself. I’m get­ting bet­ter at bas­ket­ball (even if I’m short) for myself. Case in point, wor­king on my shot. I got into the zone and hit 6 three poin­ters in a row. The net snap­ping, per­fect spin, exactly where I wan­ted to put it. The play­ground, field and court are full of peo­ple. Nobody noti­ced. I laughed to myself: “nobody cares, do it for yourself”. […]