How I Can Help

I remember the first time I played golf. It was a par 3 course in Sherman Oaks. I parred my first hole. I didn’t par any holes for the rest of the day, but I was relaxed and had fun. And played well.  

Then I had a lesson.

As my partner likes to say, One Good Golf Lesson Can Ruin Your Whole Swing!

Suddenly, I knew how much I didn’t know. Straighten your back, pinky’s linked, thumb over thumb. I was a wreck. Not only did I not par, I double bogeyed every hole. Ugh.

They call it Beginner’s Luck, but it’s really just doing something without judgement. We’ve all experienced it. Whether it’s working as a PA on your first shoot or acting in high school. Until you learn how much you don’t know, you do your best without judgement and usually perform spectacularly.

The problem with trying a different branch of the film industry tree is you already know you don’t know anything. So instead of just writing a story you want to tell, you freeze, unsure of where to start or what to say.

How can you get back to Beginner’s Luck? Remember you’re a beginner.  

You may be the go-to cinematographer for Steven Spielberg, but he’s not the guy to whom you’ll show your first draft! You won’t even ask him writing questions. Well, he’s not a writer. But still. 

You need a space where it’s safe to be a beginner.  No matter how knowledgeable you are in your area of expertise.  

This is that safe place.  

Through the use of my expertise and the exercises I’ve collected / created over the years, you’ll create your own writing process and face the blank page easily and effortlessly. 

Set up a strategy call. Let’s see what your goals are and if you can achieve them with my help.  

Until then…

Break a pencil,

Therese