Twelve Step Plan To Becoming An Actor In L A

Succeeding in acting is no accident. The Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A. is an innovative step-by-step plan for turning dreams into reality. This one of a kind guidebook, written by two working actors turned casting director and drama therapist, will jump start any actor's career. Authors Dawn Lerman and Dori Keller navigate the actor month by month through a year in Los Angeles. The Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A. is supplemented with acting and self-help exercises, monthly progress pages, career/financial worksheets, journal pages, inspiring quotations, and personal stories that complement and sustain the spirit. With every step, this in-depth text imparts key lessons from professionals. Lerman and Keller share the insider's black book of photographer referrals, classes, resume services, car rentals, insurance brokers, expert and affordable body/beauty services, and numerous other useful resources. The Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A. is the new bible for aspiring actors in Los Angeles.

This book warns readers: Gone are the days of Hollywood myths when an unknown actor waits to be discovered. The authors force you to consider: How are you going to get to L.A.? What are you going to do when you get there? How are you going to live? And how are you going to insure your success? Success is no accident. Here is a proven step-by-step plan that will guide the starting actor with specific directions on how to turn dreams into reality. It provides inside information on where to live, how to book "The First Job", and how to sustain yourself both emotionally and financially. This book will help you discover your hidden talents and powers. Work the steps and you will be prepared to create your success. Here is a brief description of the "Twelve Step Plan": Step one: Creating your plan for moving to L.A., Step two: Setting up your new life once you have arrived. Step three: Learning the Entertainment Business. Step four: Honing your craft. Step five: Inventing yourself. Step six: Six month Reflections. Step seven: How to do a mailing. Step eight: Meeting with agents and managers. Step nine: Preparing for the first audition. Step ten: Handling call backs. Step eleven: Expanding your community. Step twelve: The job you have been waiting for. Also included in this valuable book: a multitude of Acting and Self-Help Exercises, goal Worksheets and Daily Progress Pages, as well as referrals for photographers, resume services, beepers, and other useful resources for creating your new life in L.A.

From the author of the New York Times Well Blog series, My Fat Dad Every story and every memory from my childhood is attached to food… Dawn Lerman spent her childhood constantly hungry. She craved good food as her father, 450 pounds at his heaviest, pursued endless fad diets, from Atkins to Pritikin to all sorts of freeze-dried, saccharin-laced concoctions, and insisted the family do the same—even though no one else was overweight. Dawn’s mother, on the other hand, could barely be bothered to eat a can of tuna over the sink. She was too busy ferrying her other daughter to acting auditions and scolding Dawn for cleaning the house (“Whom are you trying to impress?”). It was chaotic and lonely, but Dawn had someone she could turn to: her grandmother Beauty. Those days spent with Beauty, learning to cook, breathing in the scents of fresh dill or sharing the comfort of a warm pot of chicken soup, made it all bearable. Even after Dawn’s father took a prestigious ad job in New York City and moved the family away, Beauty would send a card from Chicago every week—with a recipe, a shopping list, and a twenty-dollar bill. She continued to cultivate Dawn’s love of wholesome food, and ultimately taught her how to make her own way in the world—one recipe at a time. In My Fat Dad, Dawn reflects on her colorful family and culinary-centric upbringing, and how food shaped her connection to her family, her Jewish heritage, and herself. Humorous and compassionate, this memoir is an ode to the incomparable satisfaction that comes with feeding the ones you love.

Here is the essential, updated resource job seekers need to develop a complete strategy for their job searches. Alphabetically arranged by career, the "Sourcebook lists sources of help wanted ads, employer directories, employment agencies, placement services, electronic resources, and other information sources for 206 specific careers. New profiles on high-profile careers such as computer and information systems manager, desktop publisher and industrial production manager have been added as well. Also included are helpful e-mail and Web site addresses, along with new information on governmental agencies and legal topics to further assist users in their searches.

Dead Letter Office was inspired by the trials and tribulations of maneuvering through the delicate social strata of living in a major city, building a successful teaching career and attempting to find a decent date in the process. Dead Letter Office is a collection of humorous essays, formatted as unsent letters, detailing the chaotic lives, chronicles, and relationship pandemonium of a cast of quintessentially Los Angeles characters; which includes a self-proclaimed artist, a wannabe actor, a very scary lawyer, and one big stinky hippie. Told in an innovative, engaging format, the various L.A. stories of these colorful characters intersect and interweave, allowing the reader to glimpse a cross-section of what it is like for so many people, trying to live and love in L.A. Poor decision making, and unique obstacles and idiosyncrasies that are perhaps native to Los Angeles' urban landscape all too often result in ugly life lessons being learned rather than the happiness that's being sought actually being found. However all of the character's interpersonal foibles and misadventures are relayed in the author's humorous, deadpan manner, making them every bit as entertaining as they are cautionary.

Acting for the Stage is a highly accessible guide to the business of theater acting, written for those interested in pursuing acting as a profession. This book is a collection of essays by and interviews with talented artists and businesspeople who have built successful careers in the theater; it’s a goldmine of career advice that might take years to find on your own. Herein, the myths around professional acting are dispelled, and the mysteries revealed. Acting for the Stage illuminates practical strategies to help you build a life as a theater professional and find financial rewards and creative fulfillment in the process. Contains essays by and interviews with working stage actors, acting coaches, directors, writers, and agents. Features discussions on selecting a graduate school program, choosing acting classes and workshops, making the most out of your showcase, landing an agent, networking and promoting yourself, and the business of casting. Covers issues of money management, balancing the highs and lows of the profession, finding work to nourish your acting career, and building your creative team and support network.

Provides answers to hundreds of questions about acting in Hollywood.