Surviving Filmmaking: A Feature-Length Creative Journey
Surviving Filmmaking: A Feature-Length Creative Journey chronicles Jess Costa’s ambitious effort to create her first feature film—and everything that unraveled and re-formed in the process. Through heartbreak, healing, creativity, and community, this memoir explores the emotional realities of burnout, the pressure of creative perfectionism, and the surprising freedom that comes from stepping away.
With humor, warmth, and grounded wisdom, Costa invites readers to join her in questioning the “hustle or die” ethos so often embedded in the arts. Whether you’re a filmmaker, writer, actor, or creative of any kind, this book is your reminder that you can choose rest, joy, and longevity—and still make something beautiful.
Surviving Filmmaking: A Feature-Length Creative Journey chronicles Jess Costa’s ambitious effort to create her first feature film—and everything that unraveled and re-formed in the process. Through heartbreak, healing, creativity, and community, this memoir explores the emotional realities of burnout, the pressure of creative perfectionism, and the surprising freedom that comes from stepping away.
With humor, warmth, and grounded wisdom, Costa invites readers to join her in questioning the “hustle or die” ethos so often embedded in the arts. Whether you’re a filmmaker, writer, actor, or creative of any kind, this book is your reminder that you can choose rest, joy, and longevity—and still make something beautiful.
Surviving Filmmaking: A Feature-Length Creative Journey chronicles Jess Costa’s ambitious effort to create her first feature film—and everything that unraveled and re-formed in the process. Through heartbreak, healing, creativity, and community, this memoir explores the emotional realities of burnout, the pressure of creative perfectionism, and the surprising freedom that comes from stepping away.
With humor, warmth, and grounded wisdom, Costa invites readers to join her in questioning the “hustle or die” ethos so often embedded in the arts. Whether you’re a filmmaker, writer, actor, or creative of any kind, this book is your reminder that you can choose rest, joy, and longevity—and still make something beautiful.