It’s Never Too Late to Try Your Hardest
This is the 10th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 21 – 19,092 words down I’m packing for the Sundance Film Festival! I can only imagine how disappointed I would be with myself if I hadn’t taken on this challenge and I was going back to Sundance without accomplishing much of anything this year. I am so friggin’ happy that I finished the first draft of my very first screenplay. One more look at the awesome-ness of the finished... Read More
Charts & Graphs & Woody-Oh My! Screenwriting Day 6
This is the 3rd blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here “When all your schemes about making a masterpiece are reduced to – I’ll prostitute myself in any way I have to survive this catastrophe. ” Woody Allen on filmmaking Day 6 - In an effort to avoid writing today, I spent a great amount of time creating this graph that will show me exactly how many words I need to have written each day. This allows my brain to not have to add another “900″... Read More
I’ve Been Lying to Myself – Screenwriting Day 4
This is the 2nd blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink more alcohol. ~ Steve Martin. I am ahead of schedule 4,000+ words. *I wrote this screenwriting blog series about 6 months ago–it took me this long to get the BALLS to post it.* Day 4 - Today I will have about an hour at a coffee shop while my youngest daughter is at a class. Since she started online schooling,... Read More
What To Do To Get Unstuck
What do you do when you are having trouble manifesting something? Here’s my take on it: Read More
Law of Attraction for Creatives
Here’s my take on using the LOA balanced with practical action to manifest your creative projects. Read More
Defying Gravity
“Something has changed within me. Something is not the same. I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game. Too late for second-guessing. Too late to go back to sleep. It’s time to trust my instincts. Close my eyes, and leap! It’s time to try defying gravity.” photo by Joan Marcus 2003 What is that feeling that rises up within me? Where does it come from? I call it The Glimpse. You get a glimpse out of the corner of your eye of what is... Read More
Comparison-itis Epidemic
Watch out! There’s another virus sweeping the world right now, have you caught it? Protect yourself now. Comparison-itis Reaches Epidemic I got an email yesterday from one of my Fabulous Formula clients that said she was starting to question a big project she’s been putting together. She wrote to me: “….all of these other people that I’ve been following are doing stuff that sounds similar…..I’m confused and a bit nervous….I... Read More
