Kleon, Austin - Show your work!_ 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered-Workman Publishing Company (2014)

to them in the right way. In fact, sharing your process might
actually be most valuable if the products of your work aren’t
easily shared, if you’re still in the apprentice stage of your
work, if you can’t just slap up a portfolio and call it a day, or
if your process doesn’t necessarily lead to tangible finished
products.
How can you show your work even when you have
nothing to show? The first step is to scoop up the scraps
and the residue of your process and shape them into some
interesting bit of media that you can share. You have to
turn the invisible into something other people can see. “You
have to make stuff,” said journalist David Carr when he was
asked if he had any advice for students. “No one is going to
give a damn about your résumé; they want to see what you
have made with your own little fingers.”
Become a documentarian of what you do. Start a work
journal: Write your thoughts down in a notebook, or
speak them into an audio recorder. Keep a scrapbook.
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