The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art

You’re creative. You dream and plan and make stuff – all the time. And whether that “stuff” is a book, a startup, or abstract crayon art on the bathroom wall, you have a nagging feeling that you could take your work further. Do it better. Become more successful.

In The Good Creative, I outline the 18 habits of the world’s most respected artists. It’s a concise, invigorating manifesto for creative pursuits of every kind.

Unlike the get-rich-while-you-meditate programs and e-courses that seem to multiply by the day, there offers no guarantees here. None. These 18 principles might not fund your early retirement, but when applied consistently with a healthy dose of hard work, they will help you to make better, more meaningful art. Now that’s a promise you can take to the bank (or at least to Twitter).

You’ll learn how to:

• Promote yourself without feeling like a used car salesman


• Hug your critics, embrace failure and reinvent your work


• Launch small and build a larger, more engaged audience


• Share your process and break the rules

You will NOT learn how to:

• Take over the world from your bathtub


• Win the Sundance Grand Jury prize


• Earn six figures, yesterday


• Make an age-defying green smoothie (but you might learn how to attract more fans and readers for your recipe books)