How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
Over my business, work, and writing careers, I have failed plenty of times.
These failures have led me to today, writing a book on the place of apparent failure and feedback in helping us create our best work and by extension our best lives.
I meet a lot of writers these days, and it’s the commercially successful ones and the happiest ones who have embraced feedback. It is so hard to make an income as a writer and the only way to do that is to create stories people will pay to read.
It’s that simple.
But it’s not all about the money.
When we prioritise the readability and quality of our writing, and seek out quality feedback, our audience will find us. That may be an audience for our blog, short stories, or whatever else it is we want to create.
Art created in isolation is often destined to stay that way, to paraphrase Ryan Holliday.
Yes, we long to create the art of our heart, but if we never consider the viewer or reader, it may be destined for an audience of One, (plus maybe our mums?)
It’s my hope that my new book will encourage all creatives to get feedback from the right sources, to fail fast and early, and hone their craft.
