by Nancy Colasurdo | Feb 27, 2013 | Write Thinking
It pained me to see some of the stiff and puffy faces on the Oscars’ red carpet the other night. Just so disheartening what we do to appear that we’re not aging. I suppose most of us try to stave it off in one way or another, but I’ve never been so...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Feb 29, 2012 | Write Thinking
If I were life coaching an aspiring actor, I could easily see myself suggesting an exercise where he creates and practices an Academy Award speech as part of the “visioning” in our coaching. Not necessarily making that the focus, but as much a part of the...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Mar 4, 2011 | Write Thinking
As a writer, I have no shortage of inspiration. Stuff comes at me or I seek it out or, in some cases, people send me things they think will inspire me. Sometimes it sparks a column, sometimes I store it away and ponder. The people I’m closest to know this is my...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Mar 10, 2010 | Write Thinking
Started writing this Game Plan column when ABC and Cablevision were feuding and it looked like many of us wouldn’t be able to watch the Oscars. Then, lo and behold, they flipped a switch about 20 minutes into the broadcast and there was The Academy Awards show....
by Nancy Colasurdo | Feb 25, 2008 | Write Thinking
My favorite moments on the Oscars: Ratatouille writer Brad Bird thanks his junior high guidance counselor for his repeated skepticism when he said he wanted to make films. “I only realized just recently that he gave me the perfect training for the movie...
