.byalexaster: 'I posted the video to TikTok because I wanted to know that someone other than me wanted to read a story like this. I think it was my last plea to the Internet: Would you read this?'
Considering the scale of her accomplishments, it’s easy to forget Aster is still a human with insecurities. To this day, she actively combats, which she’s battled throughout her career. “I feel like the main source of imposter syndrome is that we don’t allow ourselves to realize how hard the things we did were,” she says. “We’re so focused on getting the next thing that we don’t sit and think, ‘Wow, look what had to happen for me to get here.
in 2020, Aster reiterates that it was a “very, very small book deal.” By the time she started writing"Lightlark," she was no longer represented by an agent, and the feedback she had received on the book wasn’t promising. Once her video gained traction, publishing houses clamored to get"Lightlark" on their roster, which Aster attributes not only to its virality, but to lessons learned through countless failures. “I’ve definitely been outspoken about the amazing things that have happened to me, but I’ve always tried to temper that with letting people know how many rejections [I’ve received] and how many years I’ve done this,” she explains.
to film studios. Weeks later, one email turned her world on its head. “It said, ‘Universal Studios loves 'Lightlark' and they want to make it into a movie,’” she says. During the negotiations that followed, her agents and lawyer helped her land a role as executive producer.
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