How To Break Into TV and Keep Healthy Boundaries

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 Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool Twitter https://twitter.com/nofilmschool YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Send us an email with questions or feedback: [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices