Show Your Work!
by Austin Kleon
The follow-up argues that sharing your process, not just your finished work, is how creative people get found. Share something small every day, teach what you know, tell good stories, learn to take a punch. It is as brief and friendly as its predecessor and even more practical for anyone building an audience.
Read it if…
you make good work that nobody sees and feel marketing is beneath or beyond you.
Skip it if…
you already publish regularly; the book will confirm rather than teach.
Three things you will actually use
- Share a small piece of process daily.
- Teach what you learn as you learn it.
- Credit generously; it builds the network.
Do this first
Post one thing today about what you are working on, not what you finished.
Our verdict
The best short book on building an audience without selling your soul.
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Rework
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Entrepreneurship
Bracing and quick; a good antidote to over-planning.
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