A few weeks ago, I hosted my #BeTheStarOfYourShow Workshop at Mott Hall Bridges Academy in Brooklyn and this question popped up: How do you silence the critics and write for yourself? Side note: This isn’t your Grandma Joyce’s workshop. It’s based on my book Famous! How to Be the Star of Your Show and it’s […]
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I’m going to stretch the truth a bit and say every English teacher has heard a student ask: What should I write? And many teachers have responded: “Write what you know.” I call it WWYK. For many writers this bit of wisdom falls into the best/worst advice ever category. It’s cliché and a bit confusing.
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I’m happy to report that I was never called into the principal’s office—until I became an adult, but that’s what happens when you have a bunch of friends who run schools and two who were bold enough to create one from scratch. This time I was invited to be the keynote speaker for Summit Academy
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Life isn’t like those choose your own adventure books. If it were, plenty of people would reach for an alternate ending right now. Sometimes you’ll follow the herd because there’s safety in numbers or to blend in, and sometimes you’ll get a little circus with it, because you’re sick of the crowd and your shade
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I always tell teens to research the brands they love to see if they offer college scholarships. That means if you eat McDonald’s fries, listen to Jay Z or sip Coca-Cola, jump on their websites and do some research to see who has some coins to cover tuition, books and room/board. All three of these brands
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Truth: I procrastinated about writing this post, which in a weird and twisted way makes me an expert on the subject. We all do it. Wait to the last minute. Avoid. Ignore. Or my personal fave, pretend like it will go away after the next Netflix movie. But it doesn’t. So I whipped up this
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Instagram is cyber crack, right? It gives you life first thing in the morning, the very second you rub crust from your eyes. Later, you post a selfie and check the likes and the comments. One of your IG followers, a stranger (okay, a troll), takes a jab at your teeth. All of a sudden
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I don’t have a bucket list, okay, that’s not exactly true. Let me explain. The term bucket list sounds all depressing and sad. Makes me think of someone who spent her life chained to a desk, chased paychecks, got gray and wrinkly and while the hospital ventilator wheezed in the background, she suddenly wished she’d
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True story: A few years ago, I sent a text complaining about my hair stylist TO MY STYLIST. She was late (for the thousandth time) and I was upset, so I fired off a text to my sister (or so I thought) complaining about the woman who was in charge of cutting my hair. Uh,
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If you’re obsessed with Instagram stars and spend most of your free time scrolling, liking and posting, this list is for you. Stop secretly wishing you had a wardrobe like MissFashionQueen18 and work on your star power. Here’s 6 ways to be the star of your show. 1. Ask for what you want: The date.
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