The Fourth Newsletter Case
The one where I don't know what to talk about but I'll write anyway
After a week of procrastination, it's time to write this fourth newsletter!
When I started this project, I imagined myself as Carrie Bradshaw, sat at my desk, listening to smooth jazz and frantically typing on my keyboard whilst illustration ideas magically came to my mind.
The truth is that after the second newsletter, I decided to prepare drafts in advance in order to write down some ideas. After the third one, I came up with a full-on plan to organise my writing process. I am now writing the fourth newsletter and realise that not only I don't know what to write about, but also that a part of me was convinced that I would stop after the second newsletter.
Over the last few years, I've written a book for children about grief that I did not illustrate, I've written a tale along with drawings for Folktale Week that I never developed and I've had a few projects that I gave myself a year to complete but gave up on on day 2.
Why am I telling you this? Why talk about my failures? Why not just talk about success? Because I'm sure I'm not the only one on this boat!
Starting a project and being convinced that ''this is it'': THE project, THE good idea, THE moment. One makes plans, a roadmap and then on Day 1, Day 2 or even after an hour it doesn't make any sense anymore: there's no passion or will to go ahead either. Nothing's left but questions: why am I doing this? Why am I not feeling the way I thought I would? Why is it not like I imagined it would be?
And then one gives up and has another plan to add to the endless list of failures.
I would love to tell you that I have a miracle recipe, that I had a sort of epiphany, but the certainty I have on the best way to keep writing and illustrating this newsletter is: get on the pitch and play that match! Don't think about the season ahead, just focus on this game without thinking about the 5th, 6th or 117th. The best strategy does not prevent failure, the best strategy does not prevent you from really going for it, the best strategy does not prevent discomfort but also, the best strategy is useless if you don't take every day as it comes. And that's already a victory !
The best strategy does not prevent failure, the best strategy does not prevent you from really going for it, the best strategy does not prevent discomfort but also, the best strategy is useless if you don't take every day as it comes.
On October 15, I’ll start a #100DaysProject to improve my way of drawing characters, to create their emotions etc... which means that for the next 100 days, no matter what happens, I will not go to bed at night without having drawn anything.
If you want to join me, no matter what your project is, let's do this together! I've created a dedicated 100 days project thread so we can share our ideas. I will share it with you in the next newsletters as well as a few of my drawings, but also a few of yours, if you're ok with that?''
See you in 2 weeks,
Love,
BC
Petite référence à Friends? :)
No plan survives the encounter with real life.