Self Taught Mistakes
We all know that everyone of us makes mistakes, we are supposed to, it reminds us that we are human. Through out life, when we make a mistake, we are supposed to learn something from it. Mistakes teach us something, somehow and remind us, there is no such thing as a perfect person or a perfect world.
This post is longer than any of my others, because I made a mistake and I want to share it with my readers. If one person can read this and learn from my mistake, then I guess something positive came from this.
As I have pursued my passion, for screenwriting over the past year, I made a few mistakes. You see, writing a screenplay was one of things, that I had always wanted to do and never committed myself to actually doing it. I never doubted my writing ability or doubted myself that I couldn't do it. I was just being a lazy writer.
When I finally told myself, it is now or never and found the motivation and time to write, I did it. For six months I was married to a screenplay, once I started writing, the story had a hold on me and wouldn't let me go, until I wrote it. It was like giving birth, because I was creating the characters and the story line. I molded it with every re-write of what it would become.
In the beginning, I was so excited, because I felt as if I was finally doing, what I was born to do. That is when I made my mistake, I sent the first 15 pages to a, well I will call him, "Selfish Nazi Director". There was no surprise that he did not respond.
I was in awe with the man, he is great at making movies and at that time, I thought that he was the cutest guy ever. As the months passed, I made sure to take every step that I needed to take, to protect my copyrights. I filed my script with the Writers Guild of America, because I entered my screenplay in a contest.
The winners of the contest were announced, I was not on any list. I knew that since it was my first time, I was not going to give up. I discovered Stage 32, an amazing web site, where I could pitch my script, for a fee and try to get it to the 'big screen'. Because of my crush on "Selfish Nazi Director", I paid the fee and pitched it to the studio he works with.
This would be my second attempt at pitching my script. I am a self taught writer, I don't have a college degree, I read other screenplays, books and watch webinars on screenwriting and writing a movie synopsis. I had the opportunity to take a one year online screenwriting course, through the New York Film Academy and I didn't do it. After I paid my registration fee and wrote my submission, my uncle, who was more of a brother, had died and life started throwing me hard balls.
I was determined to go about the writing thing and not give up. I reminded myself, it was better to try, than not try at all. I went to the theater to see "Selfish Nazi Directors" newest movie and got a slap in the face, that I never expected, he stole my lines from my script. It was a heart wrenching moment for me, I wanted to leave and my son wanted to watch the rest. For the sake of my son, I stayed, I closed my eyes and held them shut for the rest of the movie.
The line that was used, is what the story line to my whole screenplay is based off of. All I could think about during the rest of the movie, was all of the work I had put in, all of the time I had invested into my script, is now all for nothing. If I were to get anyone from the movie industry to read my script at this point, they would say. that was just used in "That Movie".
I made an amateur mistake, by sending the "Selfish Nazi Director", pages to my script. I made the mistake of thinking that I could trust that man. I made the mistake of wanting to work with him and I paid the price for my mistakes.
We all learn as we go in life and even at my age, I still make mistakes and I am still learning. I try to remind myself everyday, I have to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them. Now I have lost all respect for "Selfish Nazi Director", I will never watch another movie that he makes and I do not want anything to do with him ever. I will never allow myself to make that mistake again.
My pursuit of selling my screenplay is now at a stand still, maybe if I wait a few years, the stolen line may become forgotten. I have started writing two other screenplays, since I finished my last one. I look back at all I have written over the past year alone and I know I can't let myself quit now. I decided to take some time off from writing my screenplays for now, until I can find my spirit, for my passion of writing again.
I promise to make my next post more positive, as I said, I just need some time to find my spirit again.
Everyone Have a Great Week!
Bobbie
XoXoXo
This post is longer than any of my others, because I made a mistake and I want to share it with my readers. If one person can read this and learn from my mistake, then I guess something positive came from this.
As I have pursued my passion, for screenwriting over the past year, I made a few mistakes. You see, writing a screenplay was one of things, that I had always wanted to do and never committed myself to actually doing it. I never doubted my writing ability or doubted myself that I couldn't do it. I was just being a lazy writer.
When I finally told myself, it is now or never and found the motivation and time to write, I did it. For six months I was married to a screenplay, once I started writing, the story had a hold on me and wouldn't let me go, until I wrote it. It was like giving birth, because I was creating the characters and the story line. I molded it with every re-write of what it would become.
In the beginning, I was so excited, because I felt as if I was finally doing, what I was born to do. That is when I made my mistake, I sent the first 15 pages to a, well I will call him, "Selfish Nazi Director". There was no surprise that he did not respond.
I was in awe with the man, he is great at making movies and at that time, I thought that he was the cutest guy ever. As the months passed, I made sure to take every step that I needed to take, to protect my copyrights. I filed my script with the Writers Guild of America, because I entered my screenplay in a contest.
The winners of the contest were announced, I was not on any list. I knew that since it was my first time, I was not going to give up. I discovered Stage 32, an amazing web site, where I could pitch my script, for a fee and try to get it to the 'big screen'. Because of my crush on "Selfish Nazi Director", I paid the fee and pitched it to the studio he works with.
This would be my second attempt at pitching my script. I am a self taught writer, I don't have a college degree, I read other screenplays, books and watch webinars on screenwriting and writing a movie synopsis. I had the opportunity to take a one year online screenwriting course, through the New York Film Academy and I didn't do it. After I paid my registration fee and wrote my submission, my uncle, who was more of a brother, had died and life started throwing me hard balls.
I was determined to go about the writing thing and not give up. I reminded myself, it was better to try, than not try at all. I went to the theater to see "Selfish Nazi Directors" newest movie and got a slap in the face, that I never expected, he stole my lines from my script. It was a heart wrenching moment for me, I wanted to leave and my son wanted to watch the rest. For the sake of my son, I stayed, I closed my eyes and held them shut for the rest of the movie.
The line that was used, is what the story line to my whole screenplay is based off of. All I could think about during the rest of the movie, was all of the work I had put in, all of the time I had invested into my script, is now all for nothing. If I were to get anyone from the movie industry to read my script at this point, they would say. that was just used in "That Movie".
I made an amateur mistake, by sending the "Selfish Nazi Director", pages to my script. I made the mistake of thinking that I could trust that man. I made the mistake of wanting to work with him and I paid the price for my mistakes.
We all learn as we go in life and even at my age, I still make mistakes and I am still learning. I try to remind myself everyday, I have to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them. Now I have lost all respect for "Selfish Nazi Director", I will never watch another movie that he makes and I do not want anything to do with him ever. I will never allow myself to make that mistake again.
My pursuit of selling my screenplay is now at a stand still, maybe if I wait a few years, the stolen line may become forgotten. I have started writing two other screenplays, since I finished my last one. I look back at all I have written over the past year alone and I know I can't let myself quit now. I decided to take some time off from writing my screenplays for now, until I can find my spirit, for my passion of writing again.
I promise to make my next post more positive, as I said, I just need some time to find my spirit again.
Everyone Have a Great Week!
Bobbie
XoXoXo
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