28th March 2017 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, artist integrity, reaching your audience, Samantha Pleet, fashion design |
"Whenever we do something to appease other people, it doesn't come across as genuine. We want to make sure that we are constantly being ourselves, so we focus on developing our own work, and if mainstream outlets find us, then they have made a true discovery—we are not being pushed on them by a powerful PR firm."
"Even my publisher will say they just want more thrillers. That's what feeds my family. But I feel like if I did that, I wouldn't be being true to myself."
"I don't think there's anything wrong with writing or creating with an audience in mind. That's smart as long as you feel like you're part of that audience and you don't change or go against your own intuition an about what you should create in order to make them happy."
"Just write the stories you want to write. If you are writing about authentic characters, we (agents, then editors, then readers) will care."
"Try not to please anyone or any particular audience. Find out what the real work is inside of you, then find the courage to do it well."
"To infuse a novel with a significance that speaks to many requires, paradoxically, that you ignore what the public wants and focus instead on what matters to you."
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