Forget external validation and do this

We think we need the commissions, awards and accolades to prove our worth but actually, that's not what people notice first. What they see is whether or not you're doing the work.

It’s 2008, we’re in the midst of a financial crash, and I have just completed an English BA at Sussex University.

My dad and I have been having exciting conversations about what career I might like to go into. 

Perhaps you could be a film producer, he says. I like that idea. But I think something that involves writing would be better. I decide to be a jou…