# Read

As my heart continued to drum, my mind slowly went to a place where I became uncomfortable in my skin.

A way to play the numbers game that is publishing in a confined amount of time knowing that you gave the best options your best shot.

I marched in a direction of which I knew not, filling me with a positivity that was only matched by its notorious bedfellow, negativity.

Remember, I’m a comic. I don’t have all the answers, but I will always have an opinion.

Does the benefit of moving the cathartic moment up, hooking the audience, outweigh the emotion that will come if you steel your nerves and wait?

But you need to be careful, set clear boundaries, and have an ironclad goal in mind for when to turn the tap off and send a bill.

It’s in human nature to dread pain and failure.

It’s the secret. The oxymoronic mindset it takes to achieve in any pursuit in which the rewards are many and the opportunities few.

The classics are classics for a reason, and they’re always there to lean on to learn new techniques hidden in their brilliance.

As a debut author, I didn’t know what to expect. Hopefully my road leading to publication will help readers who are on a similar journey, or who will be soon.

I started to question my writing abilities, and indeed, my standing as a human being. Why was I drawn to these unlikeable people?

What happened? Where did all the good movies go? And most crucially, why have our viewing habits changed so much?

An age-old question hesitant creatives have asked for millenia—to explore new disciplines in the hopes of finding your niche—finally has a definitive answer ...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about this world is that who you are and who people want you to be aren’t the same thing.

Wired Shut writer/producer, Peter Malone Elliott, and director, Alexander Sharp, discuss the behind-the-scenes details of taking their feature film, from idea to completion.