For me this is probably one of the hardest things I have ever had to write. Yes, we go through life and experience all the ups and downs, and of course all those things that go sideways, but we rarely have enough time to reflect upon what it all means.
So far, to review my last few blog entries, I have gone from writer to screenwriter, then to producer and then to director.
This seemed a bit far out to me at the time. I had fallen into producing because I had no other choice. Is that how I was going to fall into directing? Hell, that required a totally different skillset. One I wasn’t sure I was prepared for. So, I decided to push my boundaries and to find out.
At a certain age with no real screenwriting credits, the phones quit ringing and then, what’s a person to do? Yes, the repetitive lesson I learned over the years, is that for the most part, writers have no power in the film industry.
It seems like I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Early on it was just very short stories, when I was in junior high. Then I moved onto poetry in high school. It wasn’t until I reached college that I ventured into more serious writings of short stories, essays about whatever I felt like writing about, and more involved poetry. I was even lucky enough to get some pieces published.