There's a parasite eating your best work.Let's starve it.
A five-video mini-course and workbook for artists who are sick of making stuff for somebody else's approval. About an afternoon of work. One finished piece at the end.
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Almost every artist I've ever worked with has one. I call him the Validation Monster.
He's not evil. He's a well-meaning, bungling parasite who thinks getting people to like you is how you survive. So he whispers. Tone that part down. Do the thing that worked last time. Check how the last post did. Don't put that out, people won't get it.
And because he sounds like you, you listen.
I listened to mine for about fifteen years. I wrote music for TV commercials and took every rejected track personally. (I once put my heart and soul into a Preparation H ad. They passed. I decided they hated me.) Most of the music I put out back then was built around what I thought other people would like. The songs I actually needed to write didn't show up until my life fell apart and there was nobody left to impress.
This mini-course is how I starve mine. You can't kill him. But you can stop feeding him, lock him up, and finish your work anyway.
What's inside
- Meet Your MonsterFigure out whose approval you're really working for, and when he got his hooks in.
- What It EatsSee exactly how he's been bending your work. Plus the stuff he stopped you from making at all.
- Cut Off Its FoodPut a fence around your making time and write your one-puff rule.
- Feed the Right ThingSwap "will they like it?" for your own standard. Write it down, in your words.
- Keep It CagedFinish one real piece of work, start to finish, with him locked up.
Plus a fillable workbook that walks you through every step, and a short welcome and wrap-up.
How long it takes
The videos and workbook take most people an afternoon. The piece you finish in Step 5 might take a day or two longer, depending on what you pick. Pick something small. That's part of the lesson.
This is for you if
- You've got stuff you never finished, or never started, because of how it might land.
- You check the numbers on your work before you've even finished making the next one.
- You can feel your work getting safer, and you hate it.
This is not for you if
- You want a hack to get more followers. This will probably make you care less about followers. Sorry.
- You want somebody to tell you your work is great. That would be feeding him.
- You want permission to quit your job tomorrow and go full-time. Don't blow up your life. You can do all of this with a day job.
The honest part
This is a complete thing. You don't need to buy anything else to get what's promised here. If you finish and want to make this how you work on everything (and build a living that doesn't eat your art) there's the Sovereign Artist Course. I'll mention it once, at the end. That's it.
Five short videos, a welcome and wrap-up, and the fillable workbook. Yours to keep.
Start starving him30-day refund. If it doesn't help, email me and I'll give your money back. You don't need a reason.
Quick questions
Do I need to have read Don't Go Pro?
No. It helps, but this stands on its own.
What kind of artist is this for?
Anybody who makes stuff. Music, painting, writing, comedy, dance, food, design. If it comes out of you, it counts.
Do I have to quit social media?
No. You just stop feeding him while you work.
Is this therapy?
No. It's a workbook. It goes deep enough to be useful. If you hit something bigger than a page, take it to somebody qualified.
Make the thing only you can make.Richie
