The Hollywood Connect Library
Category: Creativity & Art
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Odds of success in Hollywood
Jim & Karen Covell talk about the intense competition in Hollywood.
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Should I make my own movie?
Producer and actress Kathleen Cooke talks about making your own projects to move forward in Hollywood.
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Financing your film
Producer and actress Kathleen Cooke discusses how to get ready to seek financing to make a film.
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Keeping your audience in mind
Producer and actress Kathleen Cooke talks about keeping your intended audience in mind as you put your film together.
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I just wrote my first script - now what?
Actress and producer Kathleen Cooke gives some thoughts for the writer who has finished his or her first script.
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Can I make it on talent alone?
Jim & Karen Covell discuss whether a creative artist can be successful on the basis of talent alone.
Category: Creativity & Art
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What I Learned in Five Years
If I could give my 2007 self some advice as I arrived in Hollywood, what would it be?
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Appetite for Distraction
Here are some great tips for fighting those weapons of mass distraction.
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Facing the Blank Page
What do you do when you are staring down the blank page? Here are some tips for breaking through creatively.
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Being called to Hollywood
Hollywood Connect answers the question, "How do I know if I'm called to Hollywood?"
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Bridging Two Worlds
Over the course of my career in the media, I’ve had the opportunity to visit hundreds of churches, ministries, and…
Category: Creativity & Art
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Journal: The Quick and the Dead
A few years ago, I found myself in a place in life in which I couldn’t drive my car for…
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Journal: My Motorcycle Diary
A couple years ago, I decided to take motorcycle lessons. Okay, I’ll admit it: motorcycle lessons appealed primarily to my…
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Journal: The Greatest of Ease
In preparation for an acting role, I started taking martial arts lessons. It looked so easy at first...
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Journal: Courage
Some thoughts on discouragement in Hollywood...
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Journal: Searching for Significance
One of the main reasons many creative people come to Hollywood is that they are looking for significance...
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Outside A Stained Glass Window
A few years ago, I took a trip with my father to Hong Kong. What I got was perspective.
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Journal: Positive/Negative
Artistry, which so often occurs in solitude, should never be solitary.
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Journal: Escaping a Terminal Life
What is this stuff called Courage that we all aspire to, but which can be so tantalizingly elusive?
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Questions On My Mind
The duty of artists is to get the world to ask the right questions.
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Facing the blank page
Here are some great tips for facing down the blank page of your creativity.
