Shonda Rhimes reveals what it was like to shoot her EW cover in new book, 'Year of Yes'

At first, she explains she was asked to stand on an apple box to be photographed.

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I am here with the leading ladies of Thursday night.

Ellen, Kerry, Viola and I are doing a photo shoot forEntertainment Weekly, she writes.

Credit: JAMES WHITE for EW

Im about to become a cover girl for one of the most popular magazines in the country.

Stand on this apple box?

Hell yeah, I will.

JAMES WHITE for EW

She writes that she zeroes in on photographer James White and his crew.

I stand as tall as I can, hoping to make their view more pleasing.

I venture to look like a supermodel.

Oh that isnotgonna happen.

I have to shake my head, amused that I even wanted to try.

I mean the idea that a year ago, this would have seemed preposterous.

Now it seems fun.