Show Your Work! 10 Ways to Show Your Creativity and Get Discovered

In his renowned book Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon teaches readers how to enhance their creativity by borrowing from other influential figures. Now, in a progressive and essential follow-up, he illuminates the next crucial phase of a creative journey: becoming known. Show Your Work! emphasizes the power of generosity over sheer genius and stresses the importance of using your network effectively instead of wasting time aimlessly "networking."

 It's not self-promotion, but self-discovery - inviting others into your process and allowing them to draw inspiration from you. Filled with facts, statistics, anecdotes, and real-life examples, the book presents ten game-changing principles for being open, giving, courageous, and productive. Through chapters like "You Don't Have to Be a Genius," "Share Something Small Every Day," and "Stick Around," Kleon offers a guide to embracing the collaborative nature of creativity, which he calls the "ecology of talent." From broader lessons on work (if you don't use