Screenwriting - Commit to your vision

When we commit to the vision we have for our success we are often surprised how many things begin to fall into place.

MDJ

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.

-- Mack R. Douglas

Screenwriting - Never stop knowing thyself...

The greatest challenge and aid to deepen our writing is to further our journey into self. It is only when we begin to know us on the deepest of levels that we truly begin to understand the human condition.

MDJ

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

--Ann Landers

Screenwriting - Owning Ourselves

When we begin to take complete responsibility for everything in our lives we are well on the way to creating a destiny full or our wildest dreams.

MDJ

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

--Henry Ward Beecher

Screenwriting - We All Fail...

Failure is not unique. We all fail from time to time. It is what we do with it that matters. A writer writes... and writes... and writes. If I live in the challenges of yesterday I am failing today.

MDJ

Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure.

--Brian Tracy

Screenwriting - It all begins with desire...

We have been given the writing gift. If we choose to use the gift we are blessed. If we continue to use the gift a fire ignites within us to do amazing things with our writing. The key is to constantly feed the fire with our desire.

MDJ

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

--William James

Screenwriting - Why we do what we do...

There is nothing greater than to create something that long after we are gone improves the lives of those who come after us. Maybe that's a deeper reason for writing...

MDJ

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

--William James

Screenwriting - Writer's Insight

Insightful living is something that takes practice. As we explore our craft we learn to trust our own writing instincts. When we struggle with character or story we learn to step back and look at the bigger picture. It is often during these times that we have access to our greatest insights.

MDJ

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes