When it comes to following your dream of breaking into the entertainment industry, you have to hustle in order to make that dream a reality. The question is, when does all that hustling become toxic to your well-being?
In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and writer Charla Lauriston discuss:
- How Charla manages living between LA and Vancouver
- Having this terrifying and weird desire to do stand up comedy
- Taking writing seriously versus not taking it seriously
- Having a sense of urgency when you dive into a new career in entertainment
- What she learned from making a terrible web series
- Why the pandemic felt like a gift
- Growing out of the constant, hustling lifestyle
- Why she decided to go back to social media after taking three years off
Memorable Quotes
- “Our profession is very anxiety inducing.” [12:05]
- “If you have the creativeness in your soul and you don’t nurture it, you will go crazy.” [18:48]
- “It’s very very hard to put up boundaries because there is very little structure in the work that we do.” [37:54]
- “Where I am is enough. Where I am is okay.” [42:15]
Resources:
The Werking Writer School
Charla’s Instagram
The Werking Writer on Instagram
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