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

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