“When talented people write badly, it’s generally for one of two reasons: Either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove or they’re driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They’re moved by a desire to touch the audience.” — Robert McKee I think I’m a talented writer who writes well, and in everything I write, I like to think that I do it out of a desire to touch the audience. I like to write stories that pull a reader in and engage them to either cheer […]
50 Questions Which Will Free Your Mind: Part 3
As part of “My 101 Things to do in 1001 Days” Challenge, I added the task to answer “50 questions which will free your mind.” These questions really make me stop to think. I encourage you to answer these questions. You may remember that I started answering these questions a couple of months ago. I am answering five questions a month until I have answered all 50 questions. I answered the first five questions on June 10th, and the next five on July 8th. Here are my answers to the next 5 questions. How old would you be if you […]
How to Be a Role Model and Build Self-Confidence
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. ~Sally Field In her speech at the Oscars in 1984, when she won for her role in Places in the Heart, Sally Field said to a room full of her peers, “I haven’t had an orthodox career, and I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn’t feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!” […]
Learning to Stay on Point Amidst Transition
I recently re-read an article that I had pulled from the May 2012 edition of SELF Magazine entitled, “Staying on Point.” It was written by Katherine B. Weissman, whose identity was her work – until she was laid off. According to her website, www.katherineweissman.com, she spent the majority of her career in editing, and served as the Executive Editor at the now defunct Mademoiselle, a position she had held for 18 years. In 2000, she went from editing to writing. For ten years, she was a freelance Contributing Editor for O, the Oprah Magazine. In the article, Ms. Weissman wrote that she had […]
How to Let Go…
When do you know that it’s time to let go of a friendship? How do you go about separating yourself from them when every fiber in your being wants to make the friendship work? How do you let go? “We are neither on good terms or bad. We are no longer anything.” I’ve been reading Maria Menounos’s book, The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life, and I recently finished reading a chapter entitled, “EveryGirl Friends and Family.” In this chapter, she says that: “A good friend, to me, is: Someone who is there for you when you need him or her. Someone who is […]