Elizabeth Gilbert is my new heroine.
I was visiting John August's site (http://johnaugust.com/) to have a poke around as you do, and he posted this:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/453
saying this:
Terrific talk by Elizabeth Gilbert from the TED series. Nineteen minutes well spent.
So I spent it. I got so much more than I bargained for.
I think when the full weight of this talk sinks in, I will view it as the best 19 minutes I've spent on my writing or any creative endeavor I've undertaken. Or perhaps it's that I've been the subject of the undertaking. I don't only relate to what she said, I feel lifted from intense burden and have been given the freedom to view the creative process in a magical new light. Ole, Elizabeth Gilbert. You bloody rock.
Since I've started this blog, I've learned a ton about writing. About pitching, notes, persistence and humility. Humor is mandatory to survive in this crazy ass business. And the belief that no matter what, this is what I am meant to be doing. This is my path of trying to get a "written by" screen credit.
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