Show Your Work!

Outline

Show Your Work! (2014) encourages creative people to share their process, not just their finished products. Austin Kleon offers ten simple ideas, such as thinking about process over product, sharing something small every day, telling good stories, and teaching what you know. He shows how openly sharing your work can help you find an audience, build connections, and grow your career.

• Share your process along the way, not only the finished product, so people can follow and learn from your journey.
• Think about process over product: showing how you work gives your audience something to connect with.
• Post something small every day instead of waiting until you have a polished piece to present.
• Tell good stories about your work, because stories make people care about what you make.
• Teach what you know, since openly sharing helps you find an audience and build lasting connections.

Austin Kleon is an American writer and artist known for short, illustrated books about creativity. His work combines practical advice with drawings and simple, memorable ideas, and his books have been translated into many languages. His books include Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.