Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

“Jump!” “Take that Risk!” “Leave your comfort zone!” Those are the key messages, but comedian / sitcom writer / supervising producer Andrew Carr (CTV's Corner Gas)will fill you in on the details in this incisive interview about life in the writer’s room on a hit comedy series. Another key insight in this interview from the Banff World Media Festival ... stuff your ego in a sack and throw it in the lake. Get used to the fact that people are going to shred your best ideas and produce a much better script than you could ever have done on your own. Whether you're writing comedy or any other genre. Hard to swallow? Yes. Part of the process? Yes. What’s the lesson? No ONE of us is as smart as ALL of us! It's a very different mindset than doing stand-up comedy where the audience reaction, applause and gratification are immediate. Not even the great comedians fly solo. They have teams that require intense collaboration and mutual respect for every aspect of the presentation and the people who make it w