Re: Foremost Films
You're reading too much into it. Some people don't like to be mean, even when they are striving to be honest. Also, every human being is different, and their reaction to having their hopes and dreams challenged are different. Not everyone can cope with brutal honesty. Now, some might say that they better get used to it, but others might feel that it's just another human trait and one that some of us ought to try and be considerate of, whether the business is or isn't.
Your own reaction is an interesting example.
He passed(politely) on your stuff and on you as a client but said he liked your scripts. Your putting all the focus of your interpretation of his response on the "liked your scripts," and using that to tell yourself and us that perhaps the reason he passed on you is because he is more "agent" than "manager." At the same time your ignoring the other suggestion, the polite hint, that perhaps he doesn't feel your writing is there YET but that you might have potential down the line. This would be a much more painful observation than to say that the manager isn't a good enough manager.
Of course all of the above is speculation on my part, but you talk a lot about brutal honesty, from your post, I'm not sure you'd be up for it.
This is a common lament among writers (not just scribes but novelists also). "They keep saying it's good, but not for them, why are these people thinking so short term, etc etc etc.' And the writers are either missing or ignoring the point of the rejection, that maybe it or you are just not for them right now.
Originally posted by Greenwood
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Your own reaction is an interesting example.
He passed(politely) on your stuff and on you as a client but said he liked your scripts. Your putting all the focus of your interpretation of his response on the "liked your scripts," and using that to tell yourself and us that perhaps the reason he passed on you is because he is more "agent" than "manager." At the same time your ignoring the other suggestion, the polite hint, that perhaps he doesn't feel your writing is there YET but that you might have potential down the line. This would be a much more painful observation than to say that the manager isn't a good enough manager.
Of course all of the above is speculation on my part, but you talk a lot about brutal honesty, from your post, I'm not sure you'd be up for it.
This is a common lament among writers (not just scribes but novelists also). "They keep saying it's good, but not for them, why are these people thinking so short term, etc etc etc.' And the writers are either missing or ignoring the point of the rejection, that maybe it or you are just not for them right now.
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