006: What makes you special?

on highlighting your bookshelf

#process #awareness #uniqueness

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I read a quote once that went something like:

“Everything’s been said but no one was listening, so everything needs to be said again.”

This diary page by

Austin Kleon

is in a way, saying it again.

The games YOU played, the music YOU like, the football team YOU support or the fact that you don’t support a team, or the fact that you call football soccer, all that makes you special.

Austin Kleon may be talking about your actual bookshelf, but I bet he also means your metaphoric bookshelf.All those stories up to this point. Take a metaphoric highlighter and highlight the important bits. That’s what’s special about you.

Take note of what’s special about you. You’ll need it for, job interviews, publisher pitches, social media profiles, and most importantly, you’ll need it to make your art.

Close the Gap

Visit your bookshelf physical or metaphorical, and highlight the important bits. Make a list of 10 important bits. Synthesize that into a sentence, and use this as a working elevator pitch about what makes you special. Update as necessary.

ps: It’s not your client’s job to recognize what’s special about you, it’s your job to figure that out and tell them in as few words as possible.

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Ps: I made a comic today.

This is the output of a skillshare class.

It was called Draw it out: Transform a journal entry into an evocative comic in Procreate , it was a fun process. A great project to turn your uniqueness and your unique moment into art.