Chapter 5. Limiting the Scope of a Project

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Maine, 2014

An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.

SCOTT BELSKY

After letting your creativity run free to find the inspiration and topic for your personal project, you need to rein it in a bit and establish boundaries. I find that the more I can narrow down the scope of a project, the more likely that I am to accomplish what it is that I set out to do. That might sound counterintuitive, but for me, when there are endless possibilities, paralysis sets in and I find it very difficult to begin. If you tell me that I can make images of anything in ...

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