“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome.” Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson knew a thing or two about objections and attempting major projects most people would have thought were impossible. He’s credited with publishing a dictionary of the English Language in 1755. Now there’s a daunting enterprise!

Well, that was his Mount Everest—and we all have our own. Right now, I’m struggling with how to move forward with my play, Dust of Egypt. We had an amazing 3-day run at the NY Theater Festival, but that was in November. Somehow, with all the fundraising and flurry to fill all the seats for the show (we did—all 3 Showa were virtually sold out!), we didn’t prepare to move beyond the Festival.

What to do? What to do? I’m going to have to reignite my energy in order to figure out how to get the play up and running again. But if I had thought about all the possible objections early on, the show never would have gotten to the stage in the first place.

I had no money!

I had no cast!

I had no director!

But with the help of a wonderful team, we pulled it off—and it proved to be one of the most thrilling, most satisfying projects of my writing career! So, now that we’re in phase two—finding a way to get the play to the stage once again, this time for a longer run. I can think of a boatload of possible objections this time around, too. But you know what? Knowing that we pulled it off once, we are going to do it again. I’m going to take that boatload of objections and set it adrift! I’m going to release them, let them go, forget about them—and keep going.

How about you? Do you have a boatload of objections about a project you care about? Why not visualize that boat floating out to sea? Or write all the objections on a piece of paper, then tear it up or burn it?

Let’s forget about overcoming objections. In fact, let’s just forget about the objections altogether and move forward, step by step. Write on!

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