hi , well i thought i see what peoples thoughts are with trying to write a story and script when you have depression, as I keep trying to write an idea I have but I admit I get depressed because of various reasons , for example I watch films or high standard "A Beautiful boy" and its get stuff , gre...
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Great to meet you, Julie! :-)
Yes - have both film and theatre projects in the works at present. Always working on something! How about you?
Best to check in the Lounge area. Lots of people can give you feedback about competitions that suit your genre and will help you connect with the right people. Congrats on getting a screenplay finished! Hope it goes well for you :-)
Hi all, I am close to finishing my first draft of my first ever feature screenplay. I have recently been made redundant from my job in finance and have very little spare cash. I would like help on editing my writing and checking for errors and grammar mistakes. I was wondering if anyone knows of a cost-effective option for getting help with this.
Answering emails with an answer is a good start.
Congratulations on completing your screenplay, Julie! One method of catching errors is to read the script backwards one sentence at a time. It prevents you from becoming caught up in the story, enabli...
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Well done, a great feeling it is when the first draft is finished. Always have to start somewhere and you'll fly it from here. Fair play to you.
I am so grateful for the help and comments I am getting on Stage 32 so far. I wonder if anyone has advice for me regarding UK residents copyright for screenplays.
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Very nice Stephen Olson
Best of luck!
All good wishes for your success.
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it is really tough to look at the sides. everyone seems to be so advanced, so rich, so good...
also it is a good idea to stabilish a line - not to cross -
From research to life. feeling down to write...
Expand commentit is really tough to look at the sides. everyone seems to be so advanced, so rich, so good...
also it is a good idea to stabilish a line - not to cross -
From research to life. feeling down to write a down character is useful... staying depressed for it suggests other issues are cracking in and requesting attention.
keep walking. !
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Hi y'all. I haven't been in the lounge in months, but cool first thread! It's so comforting to know this widespread community of writers all 'get' the depression thing. And we all get the 'comparing m...
Expand commentHi y'all. I haven't been in the lounge in months, but cool first thread! It's so comforting to know this widespread community of writers all 'get' the depression thing. And we all get the 'comparing myself to others' mindtrap. Mark, Julia Cameron's self-help book Artist's Way is a fun and easy 10 week course that is well worth the commitment. I did it, twice, and that launched my writing 12 years ago. She addresses these issues, the compairing trap, writer's block, depression, with a few important practices that I still do today. One is daily journaling. This gets the garbage out, and makes room for the gratitude. Another trick her course has you do is to Feed Your Creative Soul with something she calls 'Artist's Dates'. Celebrating your creative nature on a regular basis is an important way to bring joy into your life. That's the win that matters.
To end on a funny note, here's my favourite quote, from Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, "To be a screenwriter is to deal with an ongoing tug of war between breataking megalomania and insecurity so deep it takes years of therapy just to be able to say 'I'm a writer' out loud." so true. So terribly embarrasingly true.