If you need help leveling up your YouTube content this is the BEST and MOST FOCUSED challenge I’ve seen yet to kickstart your YouTube growth! Thanks to @Irfan Delic for setting us up for success! Visit him in the Creator’s Forge community or click the link below to go to the 30 day challenge post! Today 9/1 is day 1, don’t miss out! https://www.skool.com/creatorsforge/30-day-lvlup-challenge?p=06c69de9

“Marketing is about Values.” “We have to be really clear about what we want [people] to know about us.” My Main takeaway: Times change, values don’t. This inspires me because it challenges me to think deeper. “What are my values?” “How am I communicating my values through my story?” These are questions I’m constantly reasoning the answers to - drilling down with every piece of work I create. Because I’m constantly having to evaluate if what I just wrote matches up with my values. And how effectively I used storytelling techniques to communicate my values to the audience. What do you think? Share your thoughts below! 💡 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN4cmrI5M3F/?igsh=MTNrbHlpanlwcTFjaQ==

Lawrence Scher ASC is an award winning Cinematographer and Director. He is best known for for his work on “The Hangover” Series and “Joker” for which he won the BAFTA for Best Cinematography. Link to iMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003394/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Link to Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNqic0CP2JM/?igsh=MXgzdWNkZmU2ZmVqdg== Things I took away from this video 1. Want it 2. Hang in there - nothing happens as fast as you want it to 3. Find ways to be creative - I don’t need more permission, I need to make more opportunities During the execution of the opportunity is when Lawrence felt like he was being creative and learning and moving towards his goal of being a Cinematographer. When he was sitting at home waiting for someone to call him for a job is when he felt the most anxiety or lack of agency. What speak to me today: nothing happens as fast as you want it to. If I’m already doing everything I can to produce opportunities for displaying my creativity, then I gotta hang in there and keep pressing - especially when things look uncertain. Hang in there everybody - if this spoke to you share why and where you’re at on your creative journey today :)

I just wrote for over an hour - just to realize that the story I worked on isn’t ready to post. I thought I totally had this concept nailed and I could write it stream of consciousness and people would get it. And maybe they could have. However as much as I believe in “build in public” right now - I also believe that a bad story doesn’t become good just because I make a caveat that it “may not be ready yet.” I’ll be honest, at first I was bummed out I did work that didn’t get the result I wanted. But with a little time I saw the value in the story I experienced even I hadn’t yet achieved my goal. The value is that I practiced, I moved the ball forward, I found things that worked and I didn’t give up. I will post that project, after I have put the work in to clearly communicate my intention to the audience. If you resonate with this story, share a story where you made a decision that something wasn’t ready, how you felt and what happened as a result? Was this a good choice or a bad choice? For those who disagree - talk about why you disagree with what I decided.

Hello and Welcome to Your Story Studios Wherever you are in your storytelling journey, congratulations you just took an huge step! 👏 - Getting into a community of likeminded creators can really boost your output and inspiration. Briefly about me: I started making films in school, I went to film school, I always dreamed about working on set. I've been working on sets and behind the scenes in Los Angeles for the past 10 years. Ive seen huge sets, tiny sets, rag tag sets and overblown sets. Ive seen safe and unsafe and late nights and early mornings. And through it all I learned techniques from experiences craftspeople on my way to racking up more than 1000 days on set, at minimum that 12,000 hours studying and problem solving in real time environments. AND now i want to share that knowledge with YOU! Because to be honest, my journey has been a slow process with tons of pain and setback. I made this group so you don’t have to go through that same SLOW process as me. This group is all about supporting each other, learning from REAL experience, and taking actionable steps towards creating your own and producing your own story studio, using the professional techniques I've learned along the way. Measure twice, cut once. So Here’s What to Do Next: Step 1. Introduce Yourself (comments below): "Hey, I'm ____ I want to tell stories about ____ and my favorite story right now is ____." Spread inspiration by posting links and stories in the “what inspires you” tab If you have finished a draft and want some, feedback - post it in the "Post Your Draft” Tab and people will comment on it. If you’ve finished a project and want to celebrate delivering the project, post in the “Celebrate Completion” tab We will be building the classroom as we go. In the meantime use the community to learn from each others work, exchange ideas, be a fan and get feedback on your own work. We’re to see all the world changing stories that will come out of this group!