What nobody tells people who are beginners--and I
really wish someone had told this to me... is that all
of us who do creative work, we get into it because we
have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first
couple years you make stuff, and 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 I 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 that
it's normal and the most important thing you can
do is do a lot of work.
-Ira Glass
