Show Your Work!
"Your influences are all worth sharing because they clue people in to who you are and what you do."
— Austin Kleon, Show Your Work! (2014)
Introduction
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| Full title | Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered |
| Author | Austin Kleon |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Creativity; Self-promotion; Personal development; Marketing |
| Genre | Nonfiction; Self-help |
| Publisher | Workman Publishing Company |
Publication date | 6 March 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback); e-book; audiobook |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7611-7897-2 |
| Goodreads rating | 4.1/5 (as of 8 November 2025) |
| Website | workman.com |
Show Your Work! is a compact guide to sharing creative work and building an audience by treating creativity as an open, ongoing process. First published by Workman Publishing on 6 March 2014, the trade paperback runs 224 pages and presents ten short, illustrated chapters that outline practical ways to document and share your process responsibly. [1][2]
Chapter summary
This outline follows the Workman paperback edition (2014; ISBN 978-0-7611-7897-2).[1]
🤝 1 – You don’t have to be a genius.
⚙️ 2 – Think process, not product.
📅 3 – Share something small every day.
🗃️ 4 – Open up your cabinet of curiosities.
📖 5 – Tell good stories.
🧑🏫 6 – Teach what you know.
🚫 7 – Don’t turn into human spam.
🥊 8 – Learn to take a punch.
💸 9 – Sell out.
⏳ 10 – Stick around.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Show Your Work!". Workman Publishing Company. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered". Google Books. Workman Publishing Company. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2025.