Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761178972)

In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by "stealing" from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey--getting known.

Show Your Work is about why generosity trumps genius. It's about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time "networking." It's not self-promotion, it's self-discovery--let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.

In chapters such as You Don't Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user's manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity-- what he calls the "ecology of talent." From broader life lessons about work (you can't find your voice if you don't use it) to the etiquette of sharing--and the dangers of oversharing--to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it's an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

Author: Austin Kleon
ISBN-10: 076117897X
ISBN-13: 9780761178972
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 5.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/13/2014
Booklist 04/01/2014 pg. 6