A TED Talk that genuinely helped this TVWriter™ minion get through a long, dark, and quite miserable thank you, cold spell. Hoping it’ll work for you as well:
Category: Productivity
Speaking of PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018: “I entered a screenplay contest & got terrible feedback. What do I do?”
by Larry Brody
Speaking of PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018, as we’ve been doing for the past couple of weeks, it’s time to interrupt my meticulously crafted series on the competition, how it works, and how entrants can maximize their chances to do well with this column about, well, how entrants in any creative contest can maximize their chances for the most important result of all – feeling good about themselves.
In other words, a recent entrant into another writing contest – not PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018, or any other year – send me the email the other day, and I believe it’s important to deal with the issues it brings up.
4 Attitude Adjustments Guaranteed to Fill Shy Writers with Confidence
The writer of this article, Julie Isaac, is a friend of LB’s. (Hey Facebook Friends count as friends, right?) Awhile ago, in a meeting, he described reading Ms. Isaac’s work as “transformative.” We didn’t understand then.
Now, after reading this, we do:
Kiss Shy Goodbye
by Julie Isaac
As authors, we want our books to be read. For that to happen, our audience needs to be able to find us. But don’t kid yourself, that’s our job, not theirs. We need to connect with potential readers, and to get them interested in what we have to say. For those of us who would rather write than promote, that can be tough. But it doesn’t have to be.
How to Beat Your Creative Block
What can we say other than, “Hey! We were blocked and we tried what this writer is talking about. And it fucking worked!”?
Hoping it’ll work for you as well:
My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression, and I am not ashamed.
The depressed creative – formerly known as the depressed artist – is a common cliche. The truth, however, is that depression is pervasive throughout modern society, irrespective of talent, interests, and/or lack of same.
Wil Wheaton’s written something quite wonderful in its way, and inasmuch as he has put it out there to be shared, we’ve decided to bring his experience to our corner of the interweb, hoping that it will carry with it the understanding and hope that so many of us need.
Thanks, Wil!