Johnny B. Truant has written over 100 books, one of which (Fat Vampire) became a SyFy Network TV show. He also writes and podcasts about creative inspiration at JohnnyBTruant.com.
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1) You can manufacture your own success dollar by dollar.
2) The statement, “The best reason to write is for free.”, means imagining a situation where nobody gets your art, or has nothing good to say, and still creating your art.
3) We think that children are too naive to know how jaded the world is. But we can be that way, too by dropping a lot of the artificial stuff we have placed on top of ourselves.
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Show Notes
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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: Making a Living as an Artist (and Staying Inspired) in a Jaded World
[1:25] – Johnny shares something that he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.
- People tend to want bigger and better with success. It’s not always about that. It’s about being content and happy.
[3:11] – Johnny talks about becoming a novelist.
- He always wanted to be an author. It wasn’t until Kindle came around that there was the speed and efficiency he needed.
- He wrote over 100 books and moved fully into being a full-time novelist.
[4:24] – Making a full time living being a fiction author at this day and age.
- A lot of people can’t just be an artist, they have to be an entrepreneur as well.
- Learn to find unconventional ways to make things work.
- Have the hustle and can go after your thousand true fans. Find the people you can truly connect with.
[6:30] – Shifting to a full-time fiction author, where is the money coming from?
- You can manufacture your own success dollar by dollar.
- If you publish books enough times, it will add up.
[9:12] – Johnny’s advise to those looking to make their start in the world of creation.
- Keep doing it. Keep producing. Produce something genuine and personal.
- 2 kinds of people can make it work. One is a very entrepreneurial person who can produce content using AI. The 2nd is one who is authentic – they create things AI can’t.
[12:08] – A timeout to thank our sponsors!
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- NetSuite: Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist absolutely free – designed to give you consistently excellent performance – at NetSuite.com/fire!
[15:16] – The reason why Johnny is not on Instagram.
- Johnny does not have any social media at all.
- Social media gives an artificial way of comparing yourself to other people that’s unnatural for human beings.
- The algorithm is designed to maximize profit for the company, not to increase the enjoyment for users.
- If you’re looking for your thousand true fans, connect with people via email
[18:16] – Should creators not charge for their work?
- If you just want to make money, do something else. You should not go into art.
- The statement, “The best reason to write is for free.”, means imagining a situation where nobody gets your art, or has nothing good to say, and still creating your art.
[19:58] – Finding inspiration and why it matters
- The idea of inspiration is if you look around you, there are a lot of things that are mundane, but can be inspiring if you don’t allow them to be mundane.
- If you can start to think about the background of your story as if all of the characters have their own part, it makes the world feel more real.
[22:26] – Johnny’s key takeaway and call to action.
- We think that children are too naive to know how jaded the world is. But we can do think that way, too by dropping a lot of the artificial stuff we have placed on top of ourselves.
- Johnny B Truant – Check out Johnny’s Website.
[24:47] – Thank you to our Sponsors!
- HubSpot: Starting your year off strong and accomplishing goals like increasing revenue and faster growth starts with the right selling tools. And for that, there’s the all new Sales Hub from HubSpot! Head to HubSpot.com/sales to try it for free!
- NetSuite: Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist absolutely free – designed to give you consistently excellent performance – at NetSuite.com/fire!
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