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Film Courage: What are some of the worst day jobs you’ve had?
John Vorhaus, Author/Speaker/Artist/Screenwriter: Let me start by telling you one of my best day jobs just because it’s such a good life hack. When I first came to Hollywood I took a job as a temp typist. I know how to type, they brought me into an office somewhere and this is in the early days of computers and they said Do you know how to use WordPerfect? Up until that moment in my life I had never heard the word WordPerfect but these are the words that came out of my mouth:
“It’s been a while, give me the manual and I’ll refresh my memory.”
I realized that that strategy is one I use a lot. If I don’t know how to do something, I will fake that I know how to do it shamelessly, happily because I usually can pull it off. I have confidence. I’m not faking brain surgery, I’m faking WordPerfect. It’s not the end of the world. I did teach archery and sailing and I didn’t know how to…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from JohnVorhaus.com.
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