What Were You Thinking?

When you think like an outsider

June 22, 2022 Season 1 Episode 102
What Were You Thinking?
When you think like an outsider
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Getting into a creative groove is like a runner’s high... without the bad knees. So says Producer and Editor Ayser Salman. While editing the content series Pose: Identity, Family, Community, she achieved that feeling. But not before struggling to overcome her imposter syndrome anxieties.

 After editing at Miramax and The Weinstein Company for many years, Ayser took a leap of faith to become a freelancer. She was rewarded by working on the promotional series for the groundbreaking FX series, Pose.

Tasked with a storytelling style vastly different than the bulk of her previous experience, Ayser leaned in to those differences and earned two Emmy nominations and a Clio award.

Cutting out swear words
Harvey Scissorhands
Making the leap into freelance
Strike a pose
Paralyzing imposter syndrome
Seeing a bigger picture
Building a sandwich
The creative chase and runner's high