Success never happens overnight, no matter how much I imagine it does. Reality competitions like the Idol shows and the Talent shows gloss over the years of hard work and training. The news media loves an "overnight success" story. They planted the dream in my head as a youth. When I’m in the trenches, every setback tells me I’m a failure. But that’s a lie. A setback is a chance to learn and regroup. Successful people spent years training—writers included. I attended my first