You have hundreds of excuses not to make the that thing you want to make. Do not use them. #AbortiveAttempts #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #postcardquotes

Deliberately set out to create crap — lots of crap. (p. 42) #AbortiveAttempts

One of the biggest mistakes an artist makes is what we call the King of Hearts Fallacy: “Begin at the beginning, and go on until come to the end: then stop.” (p. 41) #AbortiveAttempts

Plato was not always right. #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

"Look at all those other people going places!
Is there any reason you shouldn't hop on and go, too?
#MakeTheThingThatIsNot #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism" #postcardquotes

Give yourself permission to fail by labeling each page with #AbortiveAttempts. (p. 42)

"Look at all those other people going places!
Is there any reason you shouldn't hop on and go, too?
#MakeTheThingThatIsNot #AbortiveAttempts #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

Here's pro tip: all those false starts and dead ends are not trash. Don't throw them away; they're still perfectly good. (p. 40) #AbortiveAttempts

#Lichtenbergianism #AbortiveAttempts #KingOfHeartsFallacy

Give yourself permission to fail by labeling each page with #AbortiveAttempts. (p. 42)