Karen Parker🐝 #CovidIsAirborneNov 23, 2022
Mindy Stern

At 45, my first screenplay was optioned. 48 got my first TV writing job. 50–after 26 years searching—found my biological family.
Now, 54, an original story & script I co-wrote was nominated for 11 Emmy’s. And I wrote a novel.
Fuck the haters. You’re never too old, it’s never too late. Keep going.

#writing #screenwriting #amwriting #writer #aging #likeafinewine #goodvibesonly

Nov 23, 2022 at 4:33pmWeb
Show threadMindy SternNov 23, 2022
As evidence of my writing prowess, I put an unnecessary apostrophe in Emmys😂
Show threadThomas Lawson 🇨🇦/🇺🇸Nov 23, 2022

@Minster12 Life may be a first draft, but Mastodon has an edit button 🥳

P.S. - Way to go, very inspiring as I near fifty with...aspirations.

Show threadJoan AlbrightNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 My dad's biological half-sister found him a few years ago. He never even knew she existed before that.
Show threadLeahFromSouthDakotaNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 Inspiring 🤩
Show threadOlivia McCabeNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 Thanks for this. Inspiring, especially as I turned 50 last week!
Show threadLadyKNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 I'm 42 and just starting to write again and trying not to feel like it's all too little too late. This made me tear up in my coffee. Thank you so much for sharing, and congrats!!
Show threadbashfoalNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 needed to be reminded today, thanks 🫶
Show threadPoof Birb 🏴 ⸸Nov 23, 2022
@Minster12
@bashfoal at the age of 107 i can't get this thing out of my goddamn house
Show threadVictoriakNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 that’s fantastic
Show threadJeffrey LieberNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 This is a happy story.
Show threadNeil KreyNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 Thanks for the inspiration!
Show threadAndy OsiraNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 true, never give up, it’s what you’re here for
Show threadGATEKEEPERNov 23, 2022
@Minster12
congrats to persisting .
Show threadShannonNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 I wrote my first novel just on the spur of ridiculousness at age 50 last year. I've been editing it and I plan to self-publish because why not? If people hate it, they hate it. If they like it, they like it. Hopefully. I hope to have it published on Amazon within the next month.
Show threadBlaine FergerstromNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 Congratulations!! Keep going!
Show threadRob ChristopherNov 23, 2022
@Minster12 Very inspiring! I'm 47 and just directed my second film. It really is never too late. I don't begrudge "kids," who, in their 20s, find popularity and success... But as a writer, I hope I have more insight and nuance and just overall life experience to be able to create better stuff than I did when I was younger.
Show threadElviaNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 love this!! It's never too late. Congratulations 🎉
Show threadMarie GreeneNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 That. Is. Fantastic. It's never too late. Keep going!
Show threadCreative Theory StudiosNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 love this!!
Show threadMarie WalshNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 😍😋😍😋
Show threadPeggy PolosNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 I love this. Gives me hope and a little push to keep going with joy own writing. Congratulations on the Emmy nominations and the novel!#itsnevertoolate
Show threadClare MarchantNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 so true! My first book was published when I was 60. It took that long for me to have enough spare time to write seriously!
Show threadKenneth CullenNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 👏 be proud, this gives me hope.
Show threadJason DidnerNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 @daniblizzard this 52 year old singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist appreciates seeing that this morning! Finishing a new album and hoping it finds its audience.
Show threadKaren PickellNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 Congratulations!
Show threadcraigwesleysfNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 wow, that’s awesome. Yeah, I’ve had stories in my mind that I’ve been wanting to write for over a decade at this point, but no haters involved. I just have little confidence that I can write outside of my own voice, such as writing dialogue for a different age or gender character.
Show threadEIJMitchellNov 25, 2022
@craigwesleysf @Minster12 I couldn't finish 'On Beauty' because I didn't think Zadie Smith was all that good at capturing American dialogue. Clearly, I'm in the minority, ha. All goes to show that you can't please everyone, and that you don't even NEED to in order to be successful.
Show threadcraigwesleysfNov 25, 2022
@eijmitchell @Minster12 In reality if I write anything, my expectation would literally be for maybe 1-2 people to actually read it so there's really nothing to lose except time, though time, IMO, is our most important resource.
Show threadTomSchmidtNov 24, 2022

@Minster12

This is amazing.
Congratz to you.

Show threadMike 🏳️‍🌈Nov 24, 2022
@Minster12 I don’t know you but I’m happy for your success!
Show threadTara GarwoodNov 24, 2022
@Minster12 I'm 46 and currently editing my third short film. Hoping, to make my next one a feature!
Also, it sounds like you might get along with @BMJ. He's starting #TheGreyList, which spotlights screenplays by writers over 40!
Show threadBrad M JohnsonNov 30, 2022

@tarakatafilms @Minster12 I love everything about this!

Creativity and imagination have no expiration date!

Show threadMindy SternNov 30, 2022
@BMJ @tarakatafilms none!
Show threadJaved AhmedNov 25, 2022

@Minster12 💪🏻

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Show threadck love 🦋 🐘 🐳Nov 25, 2022
@Minster12 Congratulations! That's fabulous. I am inspired by what you've gone through in your midlife.
(I'm just about to publish (still putting together) volume 2 of my anthology series MIDLIFE ON FIRE: Risky Business. Real Stories. Women Writers. it would have been so great to include you among the other writers if you wanted to submit a story, in this one.) Onward then!
Show threadEIJMitchellNov 25, 2022
@Minster12 Thank you so much, Mindy, for sharing this. I feel like I've not done any of the things my younger self assumed I would.
Show threadMindy SternNov 25, 2022
@eijmitchell it’s not too late❤️
Show threadTerry BurdenNov 26, 2022
@Minster12 THIS. Thank you for sharing your inspiring story.