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Time, patience, and showing up

Sometimes it takes years before someone becomes a reader.

David Gane
David Gane

Gabe Anderson (Gabe the Bass Player) writes a blog post every weekday about music, creativity, and being in a band.

A couple of years ago, Seth Godin talked about him after he had written his 1000th blog post.

I checked out his website to decide if I’d follow him.

I didn’t.

Then in September, Seth mentioned that Gabe had written his 2000th blog post.

I revisited his website. This time I subscribed, and I look forward to his blog post in my inbox.

I don’t know what changed. Did his writing change? Did my interests? Was it a little bit of both?

Who knows?

But if he hadn’t kept all those years, none of it would’ve happened.

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Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.

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