I wish I had a better title for this thread. A title that would lead everyone's mother to force them to read it or else go to bed without any pudding.
Mr. Martell wrote something the other day that had the effect of ripping all of the essential organs out of my body and then stuffing them haphazardly back in, with the result that I am now thinking out of my a$$, farting outta my ears, trying to annunciate through my navel....Need I go on?
And here's the thing: What he said wasn't even very profound. But the Pros say sh!t like that all the time. Just normal, everyday off-the-cuff advice that every now and then the Heavens allow my ears to function well enough to hear.....And you know what's even weirder? They also take the time to say it in a public forum, so that we can all hear it, use it, and improve enough to take their next big assignment right outta their hands....And they keep doing this over and over and over, regardless of how many snarky/argumentative/defensive/well thought out but idiotic responses they get.
I don't want another year to go by without thanking all of the old/new/soon to be/Pros. I don't think there are too many professions where those who have made it are so willing to help those who hope to one day take the cereal off of their kids' breakfast table.
Sorry. Got lost in the ramble...The purpose of me posting this was/is, to say that, in an effort to do my current project justice, I took a trip through the Frequently Asked Questions Archive...A long, extensive trip, and oh my goodness, the Pros have been doing this for years...Which is why I started off with trying to thank them...Because it's ALL for frickin' FREE!!
So I don't care how long you've been at this, or how much you know, or, having once known, forgotten....Please, for the sake of all things holy, never be be above perusing through "Beginners" advice threads.
Otherwise, you'll miss things like:
Personally, I think Tao's notion of the COMPELLING IDEA is a lot better than "commercial idea." Why? Because "commercial idea" involves trying to guess what it is that executives want to read. What I often see presented as a "commercial idea" is a cynically conceived gimmick. Chances are someone else has already thought of it."
Capitalization, bold and italics mine.
Not that I wanted this thread to be about kissing anyone's a$$...Not that I'm not willing to do that if that's what it takes......It's just, ya know, it's just...
Humbling, in the best kind of way.
Midnite
Mr. Martell wrote something the other day that had the effect of ripping all of the essential organs out of my body and then stuffing them haphazardly back in, with the result that I am now thinking out of my a$$, farting outta my ears, trying to annunciate through my navel....Need I go on?
And here's the thing: What he said wasn't even very profound. But the Pros say sh!t like that all the time. Just normal, everyday off-the-cuff advice that every now and then the Heavens allow my ears to function well enough to hear.....And you know what's even weirder? They also take the time to say it in a public forum, so that we can all hear it, use it, and improve enough to take their next big assignment right outta their hands....And they keep doing this over and over and over, regardless of how many snarky/argumentative/defensive/well thought out but idiotic responses they get.
I don't want another year to go by without thanking all of the old/new/soon to be/Pros. I don't think there are too many professions where those who have made it are so willing to help those who hope to one day take the cereal off of their kids' breakfast table.
Sorry. Got lost in the ramble...The purpose of me posting this was/is, to say that, in an effort to do my current project justice, I took a trip through the Frequently Asked Questions Archive...A long, extensive trip, and oh my goodness, the Pros have been doing this for years...Which is why I started off with trying to thank them...Because it's ALL for frickin' FREE!!
So I don't care how long you've been at this, or how much you know, or, having once known, forgotten....Please, for the sake of all things holy, never be be above perusing through "Beginners" advice threads.
Otherwise, you'll miss things like:
Personally, I think Tao's notion of the COMPELLING IDEA is a lot better than "commercial idea." Why? Because "commercial idea" involves trying to guess what it is that executives want to read. What I often see presented as a "commercial idea" is a cynically conceived gimmick. Chances are someone else has already thought of it."
Capitalization, bold and italics mine.
Not that I wanted this thread to be about kissing anyone's a$$...Not that I'm not willing to do that if that's what it takes......It's just, ya know, it's just...
Humbling, in the best kind of way.
Midnite
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