Exposure Cannot Be Measured
1st July 2016 | for Creatives | the successful artist, writing, reaching your audience, Chuck Wendig, value the art |
"If you do care about having a go at this writing thing as a proper career, do not write for exposure. Exposure cannot be measured, and you might as well write for any number of invisible things: the dreams of sleeping kittens, perhaps, or mystical unicorn turds. You should always be getting something measurable for your writing."
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