out of you. As a primer...
I've been pursing a screenwriting career for more years than I like to remember. When I first starting writing, I talked myself out of writing for T.V. since it's almost impossible to break in as a staff writer. So, I dedicated myself to learning the feature script world. Learning the craft. Now after 5 feature scripts, numerous shorts and 4 short scripts I have written and directed, I think I'm hitting my stride. Hopefully, one day I will get repped. It's been a long road, but I have enjoyed it. I love to think up stories from the either.
Now this Sunday I'm sitting here watching the Game (Go Saints) and a commercial comes on for a new series. The plot and even a scene inthe pilot episode looks very smiliar to a feature script I wrote many years ago. My heart dropped. The first thought I has was if I send out my script to anyone they will think I ripped it off from this series. Frustrating to see an idea I've been thinking about for years done by someone else, and not that I am God's gift to writing, so I am sure they did a better job at the premise than I did.
But still, I am looking in from the outside and it's annoying seeing someone else get the golden ring.
I even thought about contacting the show runner and try to get my script to him to see if he has any freelance assignments for the show. I would do a kick butt job with this premise. But, with so many experienced T.V. writers out of work, I'm sure this is a long shot. Which is why I've been doing the feature script route in the first place.
Oh, well. As I always say... Just keep writing. At least I enjoy the process. Even though the process hates me.
I've been pursing a screenwriting career for more years than I like to remember. When I first starting writing, I talked myself out of writing for T.V. since it's almost impossible to break in as a staff writer. So, I dedicated myself to learning the feature script world. Learning the craft. Now after 5 feature scripts, numerous shorts and 4 short scripts I have written and directed, I think I'm hitting my stride. Hopefully, one day I will get repped. It's been a long road, but I have enjoyed it. I love to think up stories from the either.
Now this Sunday I'm sitting here watching the Game (Go Saints) and a commercial comes on for a new series. The plot and even a scene inthe pilot episode looks very smiliar to a feature script I wrote many years ago. My heart dropped. The first thought I has was if I send out my script to anyone they will think I ripped it off from this series. Frustrating to see an idea I've been thinking about for years done by someone else, and not that I am God's gift to writing, so I am sure they did a better job at the premise than I did.
But still, I am looking in from the outside and it's annoying seeing someone else get the golden ring.
I even thought about contacting the show runner and try to get my script to him to see if he has any freelance assignments for the show. I would do a kick butt job with this premise. But, with so many experienced T.V. writers out of work, I'm sure this is a long shot. Which is why I've been doing the feature script route in the first place.
Oh, well. As I always say... Just keep writing. At least I enjoy the process. Even though the process hates me.
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