The Girl with the Words

The Girl with the Words
Author Tyler Webster

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Opportunities Not Taken Exercise

Brooklyn was 23 years old when she let her first potential big break slip away. A dramatic child out of the womb, Brooklyn was destined for stardom. She starred in all of her high school musicals, and her instructor down the street at the local community theatre informed her parents on a weekly basis how gifted their daughter is. Overcome with bombarding stress that accompanies living on one’s own for the first time, Brooklyn found herself struggling to balance her dream of pursuing an acting career and maintaining her current job that supports her newfound pile of bills on the kitchen table.


She had heard of an audition in L.A. seeking an actress with a background in singing to star in an upcoming sit com. Brooklyn fit the character description perfectly: height 5’7’’-5’9’’, brunette, hazel eyes. The audition, however, was that following morning when Brooklyn was scheduled to work. Having been in trouble before with her boss, and concerned about losing her job—her one source of income—Brooklyn found herself in a quandary of what to do. Afraid of losing her job, and nervous of failing in the audition room, she decided to miss the audition. Just hours of making this decision, it dawned on Brooklyn that in order to commit to pursuing her dream, she would have to overcome her two fears of being fired and of failure. After all, the industry waits for no one.

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