Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, 2012
A pocket manifesto for anyone who wants to make things: collect what you love, copy your heroes until you sound like yourself, and start before you feel ready.
Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon is known for blackout poems made by marking over newspaper pages; he drew the illustrations for this book himself.
Feels like curiosity, art and hope.
What if your next life decision were chosen the way you'd choose a plot?
The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best— write the story you want to read. The same principle applies to your life and your career. Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, “What would make a better story?” Books by Austin Kleon
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