Glow on the Big Screen

Your Story Discovery Workbook

Seven Women. Seven Stories. One Screen.

Your story deserves the big screen.

This workbook was created to help us discover the heart of your story before we begin developing your documentary.

You do not need to be a writer. You do not need perfect answers. And you do not need to make your story sound more dramatic, successful, painful, or inspiring than it actually was.

We want the truth.

The moments that changed you.

The decisions nobody saw.

The seasons when you questioned yourself.

The things you survived quietly.

The risks you took.

The woman you had to become.

Because sometimes the most powerful story isn't the biggest tragedy. Sometimes it is the moment a woman decided:

"My life cannot continue this way."

Your answers will help our team understand your journey and begin shaping your story into a powerful short documentary for Glow on the Big Screen.

Before You Begin

Give yourself time and privacy to answer these questions. Don't answer as the successful woman you are today. Go back. Remember what you thought. What you felt. What you feared. What you didn't tell anyone. The details matter.

If a question brings up a memory, follow it. If something makes you emotional, don't immediately move away from it. There may be a story there.

A few rules:

Be honest.
Be specific.
Don't worry about grammar.
Don't try to impress us.
Include the messy parts.
Include the beautiful parts.
Tell us what happened behind the scenes.
Whenever possible, describe actual moments rather than general ideas.

We are not looking for perfection. We are looking for truth.

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Your Information

Full Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Business / Brand Name (if any)

Part One

Before Everything Changed

We first want to meet the woman you were before the transformation.

1.Tell us who you are today. What do you do? What have you built? What are you most proud of?

2.If someone looked at your life from the outside today, what would they see?

3.What would they probably never guess you had to go through to become this woman?

4.Take us back to the beginning. Where were you born? What was your childhood like? What shaped you?

5.What did you believe about yourself when you were young?

6.What did you believe a woman was "supposed" to be?

7.What dreams did you have before life, responsibility, fear, family, relationships, money, culture, or expectations started influencing your decisions?

Part Two

The Conflict

Every powerful story has tension — sometimes it's one event, sometimes it's years of a life that looked right but felt wrong.

8.Describe a period when you were doing everything you thought you were supposed to do, but something inside you still felt wrong. Where were you? What was happening in your life?

9.What did success look like from the outside during that time? And what did it actually feel like inside?

10.What were you tolerating that you would never tolerate today?

11.Was there something everyone around you considered "normal" that never felt normal to you?

12.What did you want that you were afraid to admit?

13.What were you most afraid of losing? Money? Marriage? Family? Status? Security? Approval? Your reputation? Your identity? Explain.

14.Was there a moment when you realized: "I cannot keep living like this." Tell us exactly what happened.

15.What was the hardest moment of that chapter? Take us into the scene. Where were you? Who was there? What happened? What do you remember seeing, hearing, or feeling?

16.What did you cry about when nobody was watching?

17.What did you tell people you were "fine" about when you absolutely were not fine?

18.Was there ever a moment when you felt alone, invisible, rejected, underestimated, betrayed, lost, financially afraid, or unsure of what would happen next? Tell us the story.

Part Three

The Turning Point

Transformation usually begins with a decision — sometimes huge, sometimes tiny and unnoticed by anyone else.

19.What happened that finally made you question the direction of your life?

20.What question did you begin asking yourself?

21.Was there a conversation, person, book, loss, opportunity, failure, diagnosis, relationship, trip, experience, or unexpected event that changed your perspective?

22.Tell us about the moment you chose your intuition over what other people expected from you.

23.What did your intuition tell you?

24.What was the first brave thing you did differently?

25.What did that decision cost you?

26.What did people around you think? Did anyone tell you that you were making a mistake?

27.What were YOU afraid might happen?

28.Was there a moment when you almost went back to your old life? What stopped you?

Part Four

Building the Woman You Are Today

Transformation rarely happens overnight. Tell us about the messy middle.

29.What happened after you made that first decision?

30.What was your first attempt at creating a different life? Did it work? Did it fail?

31.What was one failure that eventually became part of your success?

32.What did you have to learn the hard way?

33.What belief about yourself did you have to let go of? Complete the sentence below.

I used to believe

Today I know

34.Was there an identity you had to leave behind?

35.What did you have to stop apologizing for?

36.When did you first realize: "I'm actually becoming the woman I dreamed of being." Tell us about that moment.

37.What achievement means the most to you today — not because of the achievement itself, but because of what you had to overcome to reach it?

Part Five

The Moments We Can See

A documentary is visual. Help us find the moments, places, photographs, objects, and memories that can help us show your story instead of simply telling it.

38.What place represents the beginning of your story? A house? A city? A hospital? An office? A school? A business? A kitchen table? Why?

39.What place represents one of the hardest chapters of your life?

40.What place represents your transformation?

41.Do you have photographs or videos from BEFORE your transformation? Tell us what exists.

42.Do you have photographs or videos from your hardest chapter?

43.Do you have photographs or videos from the moment your life began changing?

44.Is there an object that carries emotional meaning in your story? Examples: a letter, a photograph, a suitcase, a piece of clothing, a journal, a diploma, a medical document, a business card, a key, a book, a piece of jewelry. Tell us why it matters.

45.Is there a person who witnessed your transformation and could describe the woman you were then versus the woman you are today? Who?

Part Six

Who You Became

This is where your story becomes bigger than you.

46.Who are you today because of everything you lived through?

47.What strength did your hardest season give you?

48.What do you know is possible today that the younger version of you could never have imagined?

49.Complete the sentence, then explain what it means to you. "There is another way, and I am proof of it."

I don't have toanymore.

50.Who else is living through something similar to what you experienced?

51.What would you tell the woman who is currently standing where you once stood?

52.What do you wish someone had told YOU during the hardest chapter?

53.How does your story influence the work you do today?

54.What do you advocate for today that you once thought was impossible, unrealistic, selfish, or "not for women like me"?

Part Seven

The Message

Imagine your documentary playing on a giant movie screen. A woman in the audience doesn't know you, but something about your journey feels like her life.

55.Who is she?

56.What is she struggling with?

57.What do you want her to feel while watching your documentary?

58.What do you want her to believe about herself when the screen goes dark?

59.What action do you hope she has the courage to take after hearing your story?

60.If you could look directly into the camera and tell her ONE thing, what would you say?

Your Story in Three Sentences

Don't overthink this.

I used to

Then I

Now I

Your Story in One Sentence

My story is proof that

The Title

If your life story became a movie tomorrow, what would you call it? Write 3 possible titles. Don't worry if you can't find the perfect one — we may discover it together.

One Last Question

Forget business. Forget accomplishments. Forget titles. Forget followers. Forget what you have built.

If the audience remembers only one thing about the WOMAN behind your story, what do you want them to remember?

This Is Only the Beginning

Thank you for trusting us with your story. Some of what you wrote may never appear in the documentary. Others may become the moment that makes an entire theater go silent.

Our job is not to manufacture drama. Our job is to find the truth, the transformation, and the message hidden inside everything you have lived.

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