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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Bouncing Ideas Off of Yourself
I really need to find a Screenwriting group here in Austin. You'd think that wouldn't be hard, but a google search of "screenwriting group Austin" yields confusing results ranging from ambiguous to outdated. I just need two, maybe three other people in this town who are also writing movies they hope to sell and get made into movies. You know how tall of an order that is, apparently? I need motivation, inspiration, accountability.
I need opinions.
Playing the "what if" game with myself has been surprising and helpful, but there comes a point when you just need someone elses' brain on the case. I'm about to set down and make actual decisions here, and it would be comforting to hear someone else tell me that it isn't go into be a colossal waste of my time to write this thing. Friends are well-meaning, spouses are completely useless - I need fellow writers; people who are so caught up in their own creative process that to have them break from that process is to unleash upon yourself all the frustrations and criticism that they themselves wish to god they could unleash upon their own work.
At this point, I'd settle for old Abe Scheinwald.
I'm still so far from being good at this, I can't waste my time on an idea that isn't a movie. That's what amateurs do; they take this idea that they think is a good one and automatically assume there's a movie in it. They're doomed before they even start. I used to think the problem was all execution, not being able to really write the script as well as the idea deserves. That would be a wonderful problem to have! An idea that is so great you don't even think you can write it? Yes, please!
Yes. Pleeeeeeeease.
I need opinions.
Playing the "what if" game with myself has been surprising and helpful, but there comes a point when you just need someone elses' brain on the case. I'm about to set down and make actual decisions here, and it would be comforting to hear someone else tell me that it isn't go into be a colossal waste of my time to write this thing. Friends are well-meaning, spouses are completely useless - I need fellow writers; people who are so caught up in their own creative process that to have them break from that process is to unleash upon yourself all the frustrations and criticism that they themselves wish to god they could unleash upon their own work.
At this point, I'd settle for old Abe Scheinwald.
I'm still so far from being good at this, I can't waste my time on an idea that isn't a movie. That's what amateurs do; they take this idea that they think is a good one and automatically assume there's a movie in it. They're doomed before they even start. I used to think the problem was all execution, not being able to really write the script as well as the idea deserves. That would be a wonderful problem to have! An idea that is so great you don't even think you can write it? Yes, please!
Yes. Pleeeeeeeease.
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