Three Rules

One of the best jobs I ever had was working for filmmaker and YouTuber Matt D’Avella. It was my first (and only) formal writing job, and it was a total dream. Getting to work for one of my favorite creators, writing about things I cared about? A real-life miracle. Being able to tell people, “I’m a writer” when people asked me what I did? Thrilling.

If you follow his work (highly recommend), you know that lately he’s been talking about what a mistake it was to hire freelance writers—how this shift in his business caused him to lose sight of what he liked about YouTube, even taking an eight-month hiatus.

Every time he brings it up in a video, my ego, with equal parts excitement and guilt goes, “he’s talking about me”.

Sorry, Matt.

But now, he’s back in action making videos with a renewed excitement and zest for creating, with new wisdom and insights from his mistakes.

You’re welcome, Matt.

He’s also back with a new podcast called Three Rules, where he asks notable guests their three rules for…