How I Partnered with the Producers of The King's Speech & What I Learned Along The Way - Part 2
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Love vs Talent
Love for whatever it is you long to do, I believe, is more important than talent. Love will get you through the tough times and bring you to the things you need to do to become skilled and eventually successful.
Self-discipline, craft and technique for whatever you want to do are essential. But, they are not the whole story. The key to becoming the best you can be, belongs to something far deeper within us, a hidden reserve we can learn to tap into.
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Usually people who have a calling for something (for me it was writing fiction) have an aptitude for it as well. No such luck with me, I just had the calling. But the aptitude seemed to be missing, at least at the beginning.
I discovered that skill even talent can be learned and/or at least greatly enhanced by connecting with a deep part of ourselves. That discovery was a long and arduous journey for me but it doesn’t need to be for you.
So, what happened?
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I recall one session I had with a dramaturge at a well-known theatre who invited me to come in and “discuss” my work. He warned me it might be tough going. He wasn’t kidding.
- “predictable”,
- “one dimensional”
- “hackneyed”
- “cliché upon cliché”
- “worse and worse”…
-were just some of the comments he wrote in the margins of my beloved script.
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He savaged my labour of love, attacking not only my work but my dreams. He would politely stop and ask, “Are you sure you want to hear this?” Even then I realized that the truth was better than living an illusion.
But facing illusions can be a hard truth
The dramaturge suggested I give up writing altogether because I had no talent. He was right – at the time. There wasn’t much talent in what I showed him. Yet there was something waiting beneath the surface that had the power to change everything.
My nose was out of joint. I believed I was totally committed but I wasn’t being honest with myself. My commitment was an illusion. Becoming a good writer (or any profession you really desire) requires a ruthless honesty, with yourself. I wasn’t ready to do what I needed to do to become half-way successful. Not until Magna Carta anyway.
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I learned that if you want to do justice to what you truly love you have to become it. You have to surrender to it and be it. If you are not willing, no amount of “trying” or “talking yourself into or out of things” is going to get you there. Luckily the changes aren’t as mysterious as they might appear.
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