Re: Business sense
I'm not even sure this thread is about the same thing as when it began, but here goes.
There's something I've said to people when they've brought up the issues along the lines of what is being discussed here: You can have a sale, or you can have a career. The former does not guarantee the latter.
What that means to me, and from my own personal experience, is that 'making it' in this business is as much a function of mindset as it is talent. If you approach this business thinking of a 'sale' as the ticket to breaking in, I'm not sure you have what it takes to make it in the long run. If you approach it asking yourself if what you are putting on the page is something that will impact people so they remember you, not the material, then you may have what it takes.
Your words matter, but only for a transitory moment while they are being digested. What lasts is people's belief that you can summon whatever magic you posess for the next project.
I'm not even sure this thread is about the same thing as when it began, but here goes.
There's something I've said to people when they've brought up the issues along the lines of what is being discussed here: You can have a sale, or you can have a career. The former does not guarantee the latter.
What that means to me, and from my own personal experience, is that 'making it' in this business is as much a function of mindset as it is talent. If you approach this business thinking of a 'sale' as the ticket to breaking in, I'm not sure you have what it takes to make it in the long run. If you approach it asking yourself if what you are putting on the page is something that will impact people so they remember you, not the material, then you may have what it takes.
Your words matter, but only for a transitory moment while they are being digested. What lasts is people's belief that you can summon whatever magic you posess for the next project.
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