Since I last blogged. My apologies. I have been hard at work trying to hammer out some ideas for future scripts, etc. in addition to to also doing a lot of work. Is that an excuse? Nope. But I shall tend to this blog with more care for the rest of the summer.
Some recent thoughts:
What's a better course of action: Writing Hollywood crap fluff to get over and then pursuing what you truly want to do or sticking to your guns and writing shit you want to write. Me and Jerbear were recently debating this over the phone, and you can guess who took what position.
But nevertheless, I think they are valid points on both sides of the argument. Getting your foot in the door allows you to make the contacts necessary to produce your work on your own time without having to worry constantly about money and shit. The problem arises, I feel, because one might get lazy and fall into a cycle of writing material that "sells" and become afraid of taking risks.
The other option is to write what you want to and hope to God you don't end up poor or worse yet giving up and taking some douchey job. The only advantage is the hunger and drive that comes with knowing that whatever you produce is yours and you and only you are solely responsible for how it turned out. There can be no cop out such as, "Man, I just write this crap to please people. Wait until I write my masterpiece. Blah, blah, blah..." You live and die by your work. There is some honor is here....I think. Anywho...Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Enjoy this web series I found. Pretty fucking funny for amateur work:
WNG - Episode 9
"Smash?"
"It's like pork, but less vulgar."
Anywho, watch the rest of them if you like it.
P.S. I'm deluded enough to think anything I write, commercial or otherwise, is capable of selling.
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