Tag: perseverance

• How to Improve at IMPROV (and Life)

  I organized my first official drama event last night here in Jeddah–A Night of IMPROV. I emceed the event where five members of my new drama group – The Sun & Sand Players – took the floor for a crazy night of improvisation. A small but enthusiastic group participated, and we pulled in a slight…

  sassevn

  October 28, 2017

  drama, Life

  IMPROV, perseverance, perspective on life

• Indie Authors: Do you have True Grit?

  

  Research has shown that those who succeed have the quality of what we would call grit – ability the shake off the negative and keep going – perseverance in the face of failure. Do you, indie author, have it? When you receive a bad review … do you have true grit? When you haven’t made…

  sassevn

  August 2, 2015

  Indie Author

  disappointing sales, encouragement, indie authors, indie writers, never give up, pep talk, perseverance, true grit, writers

• A Failed Novel Resurrects Itself

  Put this one in the category of never giving up on a project. About 10-12 years ago I got up the gumption to write a novel – something I had never attempted before. I had a certain premise in mind, 3 generations of Americans who had somehow been affected by Vietnam – one at the…

  sassevn

  September 3, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  failure, patience, perseverance, Sasse novels, writing failure, writing process