Monday on a mission
Oh, hi friends!
Do you have a second?
Probably not, since it’s Monday and things are happening and stuff’s moving and the world’s waking up and wait, is it too early to have a second cup of coffee and I already feel behind even though the week’s barely begun and…
Stop.
Inhale.
Write down one thing you’re grateful for:
1.
More if you’ve got time.
Exhale.
Alright, let’s proceed. And go get after this week.
“Editor silence mixes the cold reality of business with the human desire to feel wanted. Any response from an editor proves we’re not tumbling through a chasm of loneliness punctuated with snack breaks. Somebody cares—and may pay us.”
Hi, this is the most accurate description of freelance writing! And makes me even more grateful for my wonderful editors.
"The most annoying thing an editor can do."
Ava DuVernay studied English and African-American Studies at UCLA, spent years building her own marketing and publicity firm, made her first narrative feature for $50,000 and then, well, a lot happened from there.
Lots of gems about creativity and work ethic from the director in her SXSW keynote above and this old Ad Age profile: “So don't wait for permission. There's no one to ask and you have to do the thing you want to do.”
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Love, Kara