Yaphattainment International
 
MUSE BREAK
 
 
putting you back in touch with your creative inspiration
 
 
Another Round of Resolutions
 
January 2010
Another Round of Resolutions
Greetings!

We've ushered in a new year and decade with great anticipation of a fresh start on the heels of making it through the infamous past year. For many of us the very act of making resolutions seemed pointless and a few may have even felt the new age practice of building dreamboards become defunct almost as quickly as its popularity had spread. Yet, by whatever means we felt most comfortable with - journal writing, list making, dreamboard building, or simply by outright proclamations during conversations - we forged ahead with yet another round of resolutions.

 

I want to use this month's editorial to encourage you to be deligent with your great expectations for the year ahead. Manifest the many goals that got lost by the wayside amidst past chaos. January's practically a wrap and perhaps you've already been drenched in rain and had the wind knocked out of your sail persuading you to take your eyes of those dreams. DON'T! Let the winds blow and the rains fall. Adjust your sails so those very winds carry you in the direction of your tangible dreams. Walk tall and strong against the rain knowing that it serves to wash away all the crap you have absolutely no need of.

 

Brush up that headshot. Revise that screenplay. Cast that play you've been longing to produce and direct. Record that song that's been sitting on your heart for years now. Film that webseries you just know will be picked up as a TV show. This is the year to reconnect with your muse on the deepest level you possibly can. Let it reveal to you that fresh new angle on storytelling that affirms the existence of an untapped creative source from which we all flow and from which we can all draw. Now, more than ever, the world needs that. Now more than ever the world needs another round of resolutions!

 

Happy creative year!
Yaphathtoar
 
 
 Swan Day Logo w/ Text
                                                                       support women artists now!
yaphattainment international presents 

STORY CIRCLE

enjoy a delightful evening of cocktails and fabulous dining while particpating in the STORY CIRCLE! add your improv scene to the original story theme presented within this circle of creative women artists. all forms of storytelling encouraged as long as it contributes to the theme of the story;-)

Saturday 27 March 2010

6:00pm cocktails/7:00pm dinner

Tickets: 25.00

Venue: TBA

RSVP NOW!

 (receive 5.00 off admission by entering promo code YI MAIL)

thank you for supporting women artists now! for more information on SWAN Day and the Fund for Women Arts visit http://www.womenarts.org

 
 
Lucky Number 13
things you can do to improve your odds of success!

There is the theory that success happens precisely when opportunity meets preparation. I like to believe that success happens precisely when mister opportunity and mister preparation encounter a little bit of lady luck. She brings with her an extra umph to this potent equation thus reinforcing my belief in the power of three.

 

We can create opportunities. We can prepare to the hilt. But can we romance the goddess of good luck into giving us that great fortune we desire? I believe there are a number of things we can do to woo her but there are thirteen action steps that would be especially effective in drawing lady luck into our creative circle. A space she'll find hard to resist because she seems to be fond of the company of misters opportunity and preparation. I call these action steps my lucky number thirteen.

 

Read more here... 

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES

Shallow Sea Films

is an international competition open to short and feature length screenplays that tell powerful stories in any genre from within the Caribbean region and world cultures. The competition is especially attracted to those stories written about women, minorities and social issues with a strong point of view but without being preachy or soapbox-like.
 
EARLYBIRD SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS
31 JANUARY 2010
 
CLICK HERE for details on general rules, submission guidelines and prize list.
 
 
In This Issue
SWAN Day Story Circle Event
Lucky Number 13
International Screenplay Competition
Your Short Story Featured
 

Blog Talk Radio

Tune in to our blog talk radio show

NEW ACT. FRESH TAKE.
 
Sundays at 1:00pm pst/4:00pm est
 
Connect by clicking on the logo above or call in with questions and comments to
347.850.1479
 
Embrace your 15 minutes of fame in our Fifteen Minute Superstar segment.
 
 
 
YOUR SHORT STORY FEATURED HERE!
 
We're looking for fresh, short stories of no more than 750 words to be published here in our monthly newsletter. Each month we offer a title and or writing prompt to be used as the focus of the story. Published stories receive credit and a small reward.
 
Submissions must be received by the 15th of each month to be considered for the following month's issue. Submit electronically here or to:
Please paste sumissions directly into the email. Attachments will not be opened.
 
This month's title/writing prompt:
I Had The Perfect Day Planned.
 
 
 
ACTORS and WRITERS
 
Actors and Writers Meetup
 
If you are in North Las Vegas join us at one of the two meetup groups held monthly. Bring your muse and a friend along!

click on the meetup logo to be taken to our member page

 

 
 
 

Facebook Fan Page

has a facebook fan page. check us out here!
 
 
 

Forward this issue

 

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST