is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work they went through a phase of years where they have really good taste And they could tell what they were making wasn't as good as they want it to be They knew it fell short It didn't have the special thing that we wanted it to have And the thing is, everybody goes through that And for you to go through it, if you re going through it right now, if you're just getting out of that phase you've got to know it's totally normal. And the most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work Do a huge volume of work Put yourself on a deadline, so that every week or every month you know you're going to finish one story Because it's only by actually going through a volume of work...is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work,... ...they went through a phase of years where they have really good taste. And they could tell what they were making wasn't as good as they want it to be. They knew it fell short. It didn't have the special thing that we wanted it to have. And the thing is, everybody goes through that. And for you to go through it, if you're going through it right now,... ... if you're just getting out of that phase,... ...you've got to know it's totally normal. And the most important possible thing you can do... ...is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline, so that every week or every month... ...you know you're going to finish one story. Because it's only by actually going through a volume of work