Grab your whistle and prepare to draft and lead your creative dream team! Start by analyzing the combination of talents you need. I suggest: A wildly creative person who suggests crazy ideas that might just work. A practical big picture thinker to refine and shape these ideas. A detail person who knows how to make […]
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Developing a Focus
You may spend years trying to find your writing focus without realizing you’ve done it until you’re well into it. And that’s wonderful! Don’t obsess over finding a focus when you’re young, because if you explore many fields, eventually a focus is likely to find you. Occasionally someone gets lucky early in life. One of […]
Overcoming the Blank Screen
If your computer screen seems to be sticking its tongue out at you as you freeze up, turn it off and take a break. It’s the best way to fight Blank Computer Screen Syndrome, aka Writer’s Paralysis. First, think hard about your message and condense it into a couple of sentences. Next, post the message […]
Voiceover Goals 2022
What are some practical ways that we can take steps to start or jumpstart our careers? It is February you might say, not January 2022. Well, I’m happy to say that February finally feels like we are starting a New Year! Things are opening up, and Spring is in the air, yet it’s not too […]
Writing With the Ear
Write with your ears instead of your eyes. These eight words are a key to successful writing. Really. When you read copy aloud, your ear will catch excess words, awkward phrasing, and jargon that your eye misses. After you’ve read your copy aloud until it flows, you’ll be amazed how short and simple your final […]
The Voiceover Industry 2022
It’s a New Year! What’s next for voiceover? Just as we were making our plans and resolutions for a New Year, I heard many say, “It feels like it’s the same old thing. They were feeling a little discouraged, and I think a little lost as to what would be coming next or what is the norm? Are […]
New Year’s Resolutions
Looking for that next step up in your arts & entertainment career? In this column, Dr. Eileen Wirth shares everything she has learned about being a creative professional. At my gym, the “resolution people” are out in force. We regulars know that most will vanish by the end of the month. But I wasn’t always […]
Do You Hear What I Hear?
“Do You Hear What I Hear?” is no doubt a great Christmas song, but it also alludes to something we can use in every day life: the art of hearing. Listening. For the voiceover artist, and any actor for that matter, hearing what people are saying to you is vital for growth and success. Here are three […]
What’s In the Boxes?
Looking for that next step up in your arts & entertainment career? In this column, Dr. Eileen Wirth shares everything she has learned about being a creative professional. Sara, a friend who has paused her high-powered tech career to spend time with her toddler, lamented to me that she can’t stop making to-do lists. “I […]
Save the Cat and Create Great Characters
Today at The Greenhouse, Sean talks through the Save the Cat concept for creating characters that make for great stories – and that make an audience root for your hero!