Screenwriting - Writing While Present

Our best writing presents itself to us when we are completely in the moment.  This type of writing takes practice.  If I am not able to be present for my life then I will always be missing something.

MDJ

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.  The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

-- Alexander Graham Bell

Screenwriting - The Worst Day Writing

We all have bad days.  Unfortunately the toll they take on us when they are strung together by time may be more than we can bare.  This is especially true when our passion and talent is involved.  What do we do when this happens?  The best thing to do is to take care of ourselves.  Step back.  Take a break.  Regroup.  And then throw ourselves into our work once again.  Setbacks are temporary even when they last a while.  We remind ourselves that we are here to create.

MDJ


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

-- Brian Tracy

Screenwriting - Where Do I Stand?

Our attitude either attracts or repels success.  It's good to check in with ourselves regarding this fact.  Are there changes I need to make in my life today in order to attract my dreams success?

MDJ

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

--Chinese Proverb

Screenwriting - Visualize Your Writing Success

This isn't an excuse to avoid practicing our craft.  In addition to the hard work we do to make our writing the best it can be... practice visualizing your success.  Practice your award winning speech.  Picture yourself running up on stage.  What does the auditorium smell like.  Engage all of your senses.  It has been scientifically proven that the mind cannot decipher something real from something vividly imagined.  You would be amazed when practiced what this technique draws to us.

MDJ


The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in the mind.

--Henry David Thoreau

Screenwriting - Observe & Apply

We writers are great observers.  It is when we apply our craft like no other that we discover our unique writing gift.  It is during these times that masterpieces are created.  To get to this place we need commit to practicing our talent persistently.

MDJ

To achieve the impossible, one must think the absurd; to look where everyone else has looked, but to see what no one else has seen.

-- Author Unknown

Screenwriting - The Truth Makes Me Who I Am

When our movie characters reveal their individual core truth to us, they reveal their character.  We can take a lesson from those larger than life beings we create.   When we speak our truth we live a complete and full life.

MDJ


Never apologize for showing feeling.  When you do so, you apologize for truth.

-- Benjamin Disrali