How You Think Your Creation Will Be Received vs. How It Really Is

by Alex Watt on September 7, 2012

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How You Think Your Creation Will Be Received vs. How It Really Is

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Alex Watt

-Podcast:
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person sitting on a couch by themselves listening intently.
-How it really is
-Person running with their headphones looking tired.

-Novel
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person sitting in a well-lit room focusing.
-How it really is
-Person sleeping with the book on their chest.

-Tweet
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person laughing and showing other people their iPhone, which has the tweet on the screen.
-How it really is
-The exterior of a bathroom stall.

-Blog post
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person sitting at their desk with their face as close to the computer screen as possible, with their mouse ready to click the “reblog” button.
-How it really is
-Person sitting at their desk trying to hide what they’re doing from their boss.

-Movie
-How you think it is going to be received
-Couple sitting on a couch in tears.
-How it really is
-Couple getting ready to make out on the couch.

-TV show
-How you think it is going to be received
-Facebook fan page showing millions of fans talking about how good the most recent episode was and how they can’t wait for the next one.
-How it really is
-Facebook fan page asking people to save the show.

-Food
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person licking the plate.
-How it really is
-The exterior of a bathroom stall.

-Drawing
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person holds the portrait you drew of them with joy.
-How it really is
-Person crying and crumpling up the portrait you drew of them.

-Text
-How you think it is going to be received
-Person holding a phone looking touched.
-How it really is
-Person laughing and showing other people their iPhone, which has the text on the screen.

-Article
-How you think it is going to be received
-Me being handed fake money and pizza by babes while everyone else bows down to me.
-How it really is
-Me being handed fake money and pizza by babes.

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