There is a single golden thread that runs through all these pithy guidelines from interesting people: it's just this: 'Make work. Make a lot of it' - which, I guess is the same as this old chestnut: 'Practice makes perfect'. There are too many formats on television now in which careers are made overnight, fame is instantaneous and everybody gets everything they want immediately, and everyone loves them for it... Except that's crap. Ira Glass has it right. Just. Make. Work. Then. Make. More. Of. It...
There is a single golden thread that runs through all these pithy guidelines from interesting people: it's just this: 'Make work. Make a lot of it' - which, I guess is the same as this old chestnut: 'Practice makes perfect'. There are too many formats on television now in which careers are made overnight, fame is instantaneous and everybody gets everything they want immediately, and everyone loves them for it... Except that's crap. Ira Glass has it right. Just. Make. Work. Then. Make. More. Of. It...
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