Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards
Hello and welcome to Making Musicals with me - your host - Holly Yurth Richards. I am an award-winning playwright, composer, lyricist and librettist who is passionate about crafting new stories for the musical theatre stage. I created this podcast as a way to share my story about how I got started in this fascinating field of work and to offer insight and guidance to other writers about my process, about other writers’ processes, and on the available resources out there - which are surprisingly plentiful, when you know where to look for them. Come make musicals with me!
Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards
Episode 09 - Advice for the Journey (Part 1)
Holly's back! In this episode, Holly shares 6 points of advice for staying sane in the journey of writing musical theatre.
1) Let go of the fact that there is no set path to success
2) Listen to others' work and applaud them; keep abreast of what's happening
3) Work on your mindset - there is room for everyone to be successful
4) Make your bed and work in a different space
5) Celebrate your wins, no matter how small
6) Go about your path in your own way; embrace your unique journey
As always, Holly can be reached through her website: https://www.hyrichards.com/
Happy writing, everyone!