Wonderful words of wisdom from Shaun Tan
The only other advice I'd offer is that as long as you are doing something, even if it isn't successful, you are not wasting your time. The greatest achievement of so much creative work is simply finding time and dedication to do it, especially when it seems difficult and less than enjoyable (almost every project seems to involve some kind of confidence-wounding ‘crisis’). Good ideas and talent aren't worth much if they aren't put through the wringer of actual hard work. The main this is to just get things finished, regardless of difficulty.
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