DISCOVER YOUR REAL POTENTIAL
There is no question that in 2016, anyone who wants to be hired for anything, from writing to acting to plumbing, should be marketing themselves online (because if you’re not, someone else is). But for writers specifically, there’s additional value in tweets and posts.
Cuz you know what writing a tweet is? It’s writing.
Because if you entertain, educate or inspire people online (or even better, all three), they’ll be even more excited about seeing you or your show in person.
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1. Villains make us face what we dislike about ourselves.
Just for fun, think of three people you strongly dislike in your life. What is the main attribute you don’t like about them? More than likely, these main attributes are traits that you don’t want to admit you are capable of having, or are traits you know you have.
2. Villains give us our strength.
Friends, guides, and allies support you along your journey. That support is helpful, but it is opposition that tests your strength of character.
3. Villains show us our weaknesses.
Those that love us judge us on the qualities they find good; we love them because they seek out our good qualities. Villains, however, loathe your good qualities. The only thing the villains in your life enjoy about you are your weaknesses.
4. Villains make us question our beliefs.
A good villain has strong motivation for what they are doing. There is logic behind all the actions they take. Many stories have what I call the Villain’s Appeal. This is when the villain tries to convince the protagonist that the way the villain views the world is the right way.
5. Villains remind us of what we could become.
The choices we make define us. These choices shape our realities and make us who we are.
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First: Focus on the feeling
In order to eliminate something, the first step is always awareness. You may think you’re aware of what rejection feels like, but pay close attention because if you’ve been pained by rejection as an actor, I guarantee you’re missing one VERY important piece of the rejection puzzle. Let’s take a deep dive into it and identify it. The feeling.
Second: Deconstructing rejection
The 5 “Traditional” Stages Of Rejection:
Stage 1: You get the audition.
Stage 2: You start getting excited about the possibility of getting the role and you get attached to the idea of booking it.
Stage 3: You don’t get the role.
Stage 4: You fall into a ditch…A sort of “ditch of emotional despair”. (The punch in the stomach – the THUD we spoke of earlier). And, once you’re down in that deep, dark ditch, it’s hard to get out of it. Eventually, you kind of crawl your way out (hopefully). But it is really hard and it feels awful.
Stage 5: This paradigm of rejection becomes even worse because then you have the dread of falling in the ditch again the next time you audition.
Third: The rejection mistake you don’t know you’re making
You’ve coupled experiencing the EXCITEMENT about the idea of booking the role with the ATTACHMENT to that very idea.
Fourth: Excitement minus attachment equals freedom
Stage 1: You get the audition.
Stage 2: You start getting excited about the possibility of getting the role. You imagine what it feels like to have booked it. You picture yourself shooting it. You hear the director yell action and you begin to play the scene. You revel in the infinite possibilities of what your acting career could look and feel like when you book this role.
Stage 3: You don’t get the role
Stage 4: Since attachment to the outcome wasn’t a part of your paradigm, there is no ditch to fall into.
Stage 5: There is no Stage 5. It doesn’t exist.
Fifth: Rewind. Redo. Rewrite.
If you rewind and rewrite the way you “do” rejection by going back to that excitement feeling but never creating attachment to it, if you don’t get the role it’s not even a blip on your radar.
Sixth: Rejoice despite rejection
You can still experience the excitement. You can still experience the imagination of the possibilities of what could happen — and you should.
Photograph by Marnee Pearce.
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