![]() "Creating these little milestones and checking those off continually gave me the courage to know that I could do it. "Sometimes, these goals feel so out of reach," Rae said. But betting on herself opened the door to self-doubt. Rae decided to tell stories, one small step at a time, in pursuit of bigger ambitions like starring on the big screen and creating a television show. "For me, it came down to fatigue and frustration - 'Why isn't this storyteller doing this ? Why isn't this writer telling this story?' - until it came down to the idea that I have to do it if I want to see it." "There was just an overwhelming, almost suffocating, desire to tell a specific type of story," Rae said in a fireside chat with CBS Mornings host Nate Burleson. When writer and actress Issa Rae created the award-winning web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl in 2011, it was a true calling to walk the entrepreneur's path. ![]()
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