https://hollywoodbschool.com/missed-opportunities-in-your-hollywood-career/ Dream. Learn. Achieve. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://hollywoodbschool.com/missed-opportunities-in-your-hollywood-career/#comment-246 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:40:53 +0000 http://hollywoodbschool.com/?p=4217#comment-246 Melody, thanks for this very uplifting, thoughtful article about the merits of perseverance, positive thinking and–first–making sure we identify and actually carry out all the indispensable, formative tasks of becoming credible and accomplished before we send anything to an agent or producer for consideration. Your HBS and SG do a wonderful job of helping writers understand those preparatory tasks and the knowledge and skills we must develop and hone before we can hope to leap to the next step. I used to have a poster on my office wall that declared, “Screenwriting is harder than wrestling alligators!” But that negative observation is a smoke screen and a poor excuse for failure to recognize the real truths that you point out in your blogs, one of which is that we gotta work smart, not just long and hard. And one way to do that, among many, is to find professionals like you to help us get smart about this most demanding profession. One of the goals I’ve learned to aim for over the years is, Don’t worry about fame and fortune, but focus on fulfillment as a screenwriter. So, thank you bunches for what you do!

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