Show Your Work!
10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
by Austin Kleon
Editorial review
The companion to 'Steal Like an Artist,' this book is the most practical short text on building a creative public practice over time. The advice has aged well across major shifts in social media — because it was never really about the platforms.
AI-generated summary
Austin Kleon offers ten short principles for sharing your creative process online and offline: think of yourself as part of a 'scenius,' show your process not just your product, share something small every day, teach what you know, don't turn into spam, learn from criticism, get paid.
Key takeaways
- 1
The internet is your second portfolio; build it deliberately.
- 2
Share your process, not just your finished work.
- 3
Teach what you know; teaching is how you find out you know it.
- 4
Audience is built one honest signal at a time.
The right reader
Independent creatives, writers, makers, founders building in public.
What it touches
How it reads
Designed, encouraging, brisk.
Reading difficulty: Accessible
