Hi I"m Rick.Originally from Los Angeles, now in Atlanta. Over the past 40+ years I've been an actor, singer, playwright (7 produced plays and musicals), director (43 shows, mostly with student actors), drama, writing and speech teacher, artist-in-the-schools, author of how to books on writing stories and plays that work, directing kids in plays and staying sane, and blasting through creative blocks. and a creative block blasting coach.
These days, I'm mostly interested in using all this experience to:
1. Help creative people overcome creative blocks. There's 43 types of blocks I've found in 4 major areas and what's interesting is -- only 7 of them have to do with getting ideas and taking action.
I've put together an 8 Step process and a workbook that takes about 90 minutes to go through, and usually works no matter what you're doing and what the block is. and most artists who've gone through it think it's fun..
2. Help creative people take "The Yuck" - or yucky feelings out of selling your creative ideas, programs, projects, products and services. Something I struggled with for years. Even after I took sales classes from professional sales trainers because their practical hard core business techniques and style didn't work with my overly sensitive creative personality and the yucky feelings I kept feeling.
It took a few more years and I finally was able to blend the two and I've put together a book with templates and a coaching program for it.
I look forward to meeting you.