003: Being a "YES AND" Creative

What does it mean to be a creative entrepreneur, to be both a creative AND an entrepreneur? Today, we're going to dig into that concept using the "YES AND" principle from improv. Being both a creative and an entrepreneur means that you are an artist, a creative – you are committed to the creative process – AND you are willing to help your creative process grow by doing what is necessary to make your creative business work. YES. AND.

In this episode, you will learn

• Ways to help yourself accept the label of an entrepreneur, in addition to your identity as an artist
• What it means to look at your work from an entrepreneurial perspective, and why that is NOT a bad thing! 
• How your work can be made richer by the inclusion of an entrepreneurial perspective

In this episode, I quote from the introduction to Stephen King's short story collection Everything's Eventual and from the blog article "What sells books, and why should you care?" by Catherine Baab-Muguira. Baab-Muguira also wrote the book Poe for Your Problems, which I narrated in 2021 for Hachette Audio. It's a delightful book, and I highly recommend it! 

A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.