Seven Stages Of Coping With Being A Writer...

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Date: 4/2/2013

Shit, I’ve become one of those assholes. I’ve never sold a script and I’m going to tell others what it takes to be a success.

Well, here it is.

I’ve been writing screenplays for about 15 years now. You see that I’m not a writer. I write and would say I spend most of my time writing, but I’m not a writer.

I think I’m close though.

I’m in one of these phases.

  1. SHOCK & DENIAL- When you start out and surprise yourself that you actually wrote something good.

  2. PAIN & GUILT- You stop writing cosmetically and reach down and really put yourself into it, sharing every scar.

  3. ANGER & BARGAINING- Though you’re not quite there, you’re angry that you know you have it in you but are just not there yet… and begin to bargain about what you even consider success to be in the first place.

  4. "DEPRESSION", REFLECTION, LONELINESS- After completing each script there’s a sadness that it is over. These people you have created are done playing together for a while if they ever get to play together ever again.

  5. THE UPWARD TURN- Not only do you think you’ve written something good others are starting to see this as well.

  6. RECONSTRUCTION & WORKING THROUGH- With this new confidence, a support system recalculate the value of all your past work and start to tell your friends you’re a writer and not just writing things here and there.

  7. ACCEPTANCE & HOPE- You’re a writer.