“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone
told me. 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, 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 its normal and the most important
thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that
every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a
volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as
good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this
than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take
awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through. ”
- Ira Glass
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