Here’s how to win your Pulitzer Prize
Oh, hi friends!
So I’m going to submit my play for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Did you know you can do that?
You can.
You go to this website. You fill in the application. You pay $75. You mail in six copies of your play. And now you are officially in contention for the Pulitzer Prize. (The play also needs to have been produced before the end of the year, but there are 28 days left in December, so that’s a minor and easily fixable point.)
But Kara, you say, isn’t that crazy?
But Kara, you say, have you lost your mind?
But Kara, you say, who do you think you are?
And to that I say…
Somebody has to win the thing.
Why not me?
I have written 459 of these newsletters advocating for you—and for myself—to grab the brass ring. To do what scares you. To reach higher and work harder and dream bigger than you ever have. To try.
But if I can’t follow my own advice, if I am content to putter around the shadows and watch other people make Great Work and grow bitter as time passes, then why am I even showing up in your inbox? I don’t write these emails to get paid. They do not make me money. I don’t write them to see who subscribes and who opens. Those numbers don’t interest me. I don’t even write them to make friends! Although that has been an unexpectedly lovely byproduct and I am grateful for it.
I write these newsletters to get you—and myself—to REACH HIGHER and WORK HARDER and DREAM BIGGER. What is your Pulitzer? Because I really believe in you and think you can get yours. And I hope you believe in yourself.
Somebody has to win the thing.
Why not you?
Aye, the sweet glow of success.
Photo by Andras Vas on Unsplash
“The rest of the morning I spend in my inbox until my computer dies. That’s my method usually: Plug in at night, work until it dies, take a break while it recharges and then get back to work. Same thing with the phone. I don’t care if it’s good for the battery, it’s great for my brain.”
If I had all the time in the world, I’d want to read the work diaries of, well, everyone. Until then, I’ll settle for this excellent diary from Aminatou Sow. Her method of working until her computer dies is so smart! (Other choice quote: “It’s not a dirty word. I want to be rich!”) (h/t Charlotte Maiorana)
I Would Live Here If I Were You
Who's looking for a great apartment in Brooklyn that’s around the corner from Lucali, which, for my money, is the *best* pizza in Brooklyn? My friend Nina is moving out of her Carroll Gardens apartment and her adorable space is available this week. (Yes, that means now.) More details here!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara