149 Marbles
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt
So I’m trying to work on the pitch for the day after tomorrow and I’ve come up with a bit more info about the story: I know that there’s a mother who was a burlesque queen legend who recently died; She was survived by a grown daughter and a son; And there’s a building, her building - the Burlesque Palace.
I’m starting to get a bit overwhelmed at the amount of research that’s involved with this project. I know so little about the history of burlesque (except that my dad occasionally went to burly-q shows in the fifties). I’m thinking that it might be best if I pitch an idea for a script for my animated series that is already developed. I know this would be the infamous “easy way out” but it is also banking on the known instead of the nebulous unknown.
I know that everything that I’ve ever started has begun with a kernel of an idea and as Edison said, “Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.” The idea is the easy part; The hard work that comes after is the challenge. Emerson wrote, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Well, with Burlesque Palace, I’ll need a machete to clear a path, but I might be able to leave a trail. I think I’m starting to lean toward the work involved with Burlesque Palace. Yikes!
Do you like finding the path or leaving a trail? What would it take for you to do more trailblazing?
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt
So I’m trying to work on the pitch for the day after tomorrow and I’ve come up with a bit more info about the story: I know that there’s a mother who was a burlesque queen legend who recently died; She was survived by a grown daughter and a son; And there’s a building, her building - the Burlesque Palace.
I’m starting to get a bit overwhelmed at the amount of research that’s involved with this project. I know so little about the history of burlesque (except that my dad occasionally went to burly-q shows in the fifties). I’m thinking that it might be best if I pitch an idea for a script for my animated series that is already developed. I know this would be the infamous “easy way out” but it is also banking on the known instead of the nebulous unknown.
I know that everything that I’ve ever started has begun with a kernel of an idea and as Edison said, “Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.” The idea is the easy part; The hard work that comes after is the challenge. Emerson wrote, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Well, with Burlesque Palace, I’ll need a machete to clear a path, but I might be able to leave a trail. I think I’m starting to lean toward the work involved with Burlesque Palace. Yikes!
Do you like finding the path or leaving a trail? What would it take for you to do more trailblazing?
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