When you think like an outsider

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.

Chapters

• 1:09 Cutting out swear words
• 2:18 Harvey Scissorhands
• 4:21 Making the leap into freelance
• 5:26 Strike a pose
• 5:58 Paralyzing imposter syndrome
• 7:36 Seeing a bigger picture
• 9:36 Building a sandwich
• 11:36 The creative chase and runner's high