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Film Courage: We all feel stuck at times? What do we do if we’re not creative, we’re not on all cylinders?
Carole Kirschner, Entertainment Career Coach, Speaker & Author: There’s a couple of different ways to get unstuck. I actually teach an online course about getting unstuck and we talk about if you’re stuck, because you have writer’s block or procrastination, there’s actual tips and tools that you can use to get past it. One of them is to give yourself very short periods of time to work. 10 minutes, set a timer, you can either do free writing, you could say I like that butterfly but when the timer goes off, get up and go someplace else. Then the next day come back for 10 minutes or 30 minutes. The other is really to be clear about what your true goals are and then make sure everything you’re choosing in your life (how you’re spending your time) is moving you toward that goal. It’s super important. It’s looking at what’s getting in the way of you achieving your goals and seeing what you can change. How can you adjust your life so that you’re moving toward your goal more efficiently?
Film Courage: There’s debate, is writer’s block real?
Carole: It’s fear, it’s fear of failure, it’s fear of success, it’s fear of imposter syndrome. I’ve had too many clients that…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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Carole Kirschner spent fifteen years as a television development executive. A former Vice President of Television for Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Entertainment and a Comedy Development exec at CBS, she’s had the privilege of working with some of the most respected writers in the industry.
Switching to the other side of the desk she became a consultant and created and runs the CBS/Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, which has helped launch the careers of more than eighty television writers of color, including 14 showrunners. Because of her work with CBS she was asked to help writer/producer Jeff Melvoin as he developed the curriculum for the WGA Showrunner Training Program and as the Director has been running the Program for 18 years.
Ms. Kirschner, through her career coaching practice, Carole Kirschner Entertainment Career Strategies (carolekirschner dot com) works primarily with screenwriters who are stuck or need help navigating the political landscape. She recently launched the successful online course, “How to Pitch a TV Show That Sells” and is gearing up for her new online course, “Get the F Unstuck: Break Through and Create Your Ideal Hollywood Career” in late spring. She is also an international speaker and her book, Hollywood Game Plan: How to Land a Job in Film, TV and Digital Entertainment is taught in colleges across the country.
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