Screenwriting - Commit To The Impossible

When we challenge ourselves to go beyond our limits with a firm commitment we are often surprised at the results. Is today the day when I commit to the impossible with my writing goals?

MDJ

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

--Walt Disney

Screenwriting - Character Polish

We define and refine our movie characters, making them multidimensional and unique. We spend hours upon hours making them just right. What about our own character? Are we so busy creating fiction that we ignore our own reality. Knowing and refining ourselves may be the missing link to success.

MDJ

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

--André Maurois

Screenwriting - Impossible Dreams...

I wonder if the reason I have not become a more successful screenwriter is because of me... We may be stopping ourselves from becoming a success simply because of our fears and limited beliefs. We need to believe to the core of our being that we deserve the success we seek. What one action can I take today that I don't want to in order to counter my limiting beliefs about my career?

MDJ

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.

-- Robert Schuller

Screenwriting - Just Start Writing...

One of the greatest gifts of screenwriting happens when you arrive at the place where the characters and story speak for themselves. This is our gift of the imagination in full bloom.

MDJ

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers
-- James Thurber

Screenwriting - Rule #1

The best way to achieve success in any entertainment venture is to hold true to who you are! The key is finding that out to the core.

MDJ

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Screenwriting - Dream The Extreme

Each and every day we have the ability to give thought, passion and action to our dreams. Life dreams are only limited by our thinking. The Academy Award is possible. The seven figure script sale as well. Today we remember these things have happened to others and they can happen for us.

MDJ

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

-- Harriet Tubman

Screenwriting - The End...

Do I have any screenplays or writing projects that lack the words, "The End"? Unfinished writing projects may hold a clue to our limited success. Life has cycles and it is the norm to allow them to finish. When we have unfinished cycles or business we are automatically being held back from the next great thing in our lives. Finishing unfinished business casts us into the next phase of our lives.

MDJ

When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word succeed, you find that it simply means to follow through.

--F. W. Nichol

Screenwriting - Rethinking Success

Each and every day we have the opportunity to grow. This means change. We have the ability to change our thoughts about anything. It all begins with awareness and the commitment to do something different. I am able to change my thinking about my writing success instantaneously. The challenge is to make my new thinking habit.

MDJ

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

--Mark Caine

Screenwriting - White Space

White space is the gift we give to the reader when we have written an amazing screenplay. One that is a quick read and filled with the essentials of amazing character, story and dialog. This is not easily achieved and when it is creates success for the writer.

MDJ

The more you say, the less people remember.
--François Fénelon

Screenwriting - Here And Now...

Appreciating what we have right in this moment is the key to living our dreams. If we are unable to accept our current life and circumstances then we are either living in the past or the future. True happiness comes from being in today and making this today the day we live our dreams.

MDJ

After a visit to the beach, it's hard to believe that we live in a material world.

-- Pam Shaw

Screenwriting - Deserving Of Success

Our subconscious mind may have a stronger influence on our writing success than we could ever imagine. When we take the time to get to know ourselves on the deepest level we may find that there is a part of us that is sabotaging our dreams. When we have unresolved business (baggage) we continue to act in less than loving ways towards ourselves even on a subtle level. To know that we were all born to succeed is insightful to deeply believe it takes work.

MDJ

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

--Nelson Mandela

Screenwriting - My Best

What is the one thing that I do best as a screenwriter? When we are able to answer this question truthfully we may just find the key to our success.

MDJ

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is till wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best.

--John Hall Gladstone

Screenwriting - A Great Idea...

These come and when not acted upon they go... Days, months or years down the line we see our great idea in some form; a book, television show, movie or as some other creative outlet and think to ourselves, "I thought of that!" Our ideas need to be followed up with action. All great thoughts will be created by another if not by us.

MDJ

The beginning is the half of every action.

--Greek Proverb

Screenwriting - I Commit to My Success!

We need to ask ourselves... Am I committed 1000% to seeing my dreams realized? -- In the entertainment world the odds of making it may try to tell us something different. Our focus remains on our work, our passion, our actions and our individual plan to arrive at the door of success. We do things differently because our journey to that door is unlike no others.

MDJ

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

--Marian Wright Edelman

Screenwriting - Remembering What's Truly Important...

We blast through our day. Some days we accomplish everything on our "To Do" list and feel that we are the most successful "Doer" on the planet. Living to this extreme does have a price. When we live this way too long we forget to "Be." We may have lofty goals and dreams we just need to remember to appreciate the beauty the world had to offer.

MDJ

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

--Jonathan Edwards

Screenwriting - Time: An Irreplaceable Resource

I am a writer. Today I choose to write. It may be for 20 minutes. It may be for one hour. It may be even longer. When I commit to spend time daily taking action with passion towards my dreams I make use of the one irreplaceable resource. Time is given to me to help me make my dreams reality.

MDJ

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

--Unknown

Screenwriting - The Original Script...

100% original is nearly impossible. Variations and new flavor when it comes to writing is within our grasp. We are able to add our spin on an idea when we have taken the time to get to know ourselves to the core. We know our strengths, challenges and unique qualities. We strive to know more about ourselves each day. When we commit to this type of life every other area benefits.

MDJ

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already, thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take firm root in our personal experience.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Screenwriting - My Life Plan

Today we remember that we are in the drivers seat regarding our lives. When we make a plan for living and follow through with small daily actions (correcting our actions when we get off course) things begin to change for the better... After practicing this for a while we become empowered to live the life we have always dreamed. -- When we were born we were given an innocent and powerful gift... the gift of choice. When we exercise this gift our lives only become better.

MDJ

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
--Jim Rohn

Screenwriting - Building Our Deams Little By Little

It's all about the moment. When we are present to life we make grand things happen.

MDJ

You will achieve a grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day -- not long and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won't have to drag today's undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so cluttered that you neglect your most important goal -- to do the best you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.
-- Og Mandino

Screenwriting - The Million Dollar Script

It first begins with the idea and ends with its execution... How many times do we stop ourselves at the starting gate with our limited thinking, past failures and future forecasting? Life is about playing out our dreams. What if we committed to seeing our best idea through to the finish?

MDJ


Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
--Joseph Joubert

Screenwriting - A Writer's Destiny

We all have supplies placed in our writer's toolbox. We may need to throw some away and add new ones from time to time. We also have our essential tools... Passion, talent & action are some of the necessary ones. Taking these tools out and continually using them is required if we are to achieve our destiny.

MDJ

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved.
--William Jennings Bryan

Screenwriting - Actions Speak Louder...

How true this is when it comes to writing for the screen. We need to make every action count. We need to make every word count. This is also true in life.

MDJ


Be silent, or say something better than silence.
--Pythagoras

Screenwriting - Bettering Myself

Sometimes the indirect improvements in our lives make our writing better. It may not always be about placing words on paper... Today we can take the opportunity to commit to improve the whole of our lives one step at a time.

MDJ

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
--Doug Firebaugh