Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
Yes. it's about storytelling. But it's about everything you do, when you are starting out. It was me with bike mechanics, with drawing (until I got frustrated & didn't go back), with counseling, with computers, and with this new project that's not ready for prime time yet (although it may be in the links list on the right of this page soon).
Stick to it. Malcolm Gladwell has been flogging the 10,000 hour rule, that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve success. That's five years of full-time at 40 hours per week. Not every task requires that, but skills require attention. With time, not only do skills improve, but the person you are changes - you will see and think differently.
Don't get sidetracked by child prodigies; they rarely amount to anything other than curiosities in the long term. Even when they do, like Mozart, it's generally because they've continued to work. Mozart's childhood stuff is adequate but not great; it's interesting primarily because he was so young. If that was all there was, he'd be a historical footnote. The great Mozart is the stuff of his adulthood. 10,000 hours? Music was ALL he did for his whole life. Yes, he had the predisposition. But he also put in the time.
(And if you don't know Ira Glass from This American Life, you're in for a treat. Go check it out and listen to a couple of episodes. I get it to exercise to every week.)
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