(Photo taken by your’s truly :))
Everyone, it’s been a crazy week all around. I received my status of the competition. I made it as far as the semi-finals! When I saw that e-mail, I fell to the floor and somehow skidded on a red crayon, permanently staining my only high-end pair of work pants. Cloud nine was my only mode of transportation for the next few days.
Sometimes, we don’t get too far though. On January 29, 2014, I received an e-mail containing the winner’s names. My heart broke when I didn’t see my name. With it being my first competition, I ended up taking it very hard. You put so much into something and want to see amazing results. Yet, it doesn’t yield the results you strongly desire more than anything in the world. That’s what really got to me and tore me up inside. Then, something happened.
Close family and friends who knew about my competition advancement reminded me of something I didn’t realize at that moment. I made it to semi-finals out of 1200 submissions. That’s a huge deal even for someone’s first script, and I should be proud. I was and still am. Although I wasn’t selected as one of the winners, I am absolutely astonished an overwhelmed I made it that far. Now, I want to be a screenwriter as much as I want to breathe. This was the fuel to the fire that I needed. Every day, I read screenwriting articles, study scripts, and write. If I want to be a master or at least a professional in my field, I need to immerse myself in the screenwriting world. They say you fear what you don’t know, so I’m going to know it all the way around and back to front. This isn’t the end. Just a turn towards something much larger. 🙂
BeChoozy 