I love this perspective! One year I made myself a goal of getting 50 rejections. That was it, the whole goal. A few submissions in, I got my very first acceptance. You just never know, so it really helps to take the pressure off the outcome
Oooh, a rejection goal is a great idea! We all put so much pressure on ourselves, it's a relief to reward ourselves for the work we can control vs. the outcome we can't.
Thanks for this! Amazing and powerful perspective and insights. I'm trying to work on more crafting, doing, creating and less being focused on where anything "has" to land. Everything is skill and muscle building; every experience is a growth opportunity and I think all of my creative heroes believe and practice that. Go Bizzy GO!!!
Thanks for reading!! Your comment really resonates with me. I keep reminding myself it's about developing an ongoing practice, not finishing a race. My writer-self a decade ago would have been very resistant to this idea...!
I hope you're celebrating your evolution my friend. It's fantastic. You're absolutely right: practice, ritual, some kind of devotion...that's really what it's all about
So well put, Bizzy!! I absolutely ascribe to this whole line of thinking, too! I had a film incubator deadline last night that I found out about a week prior, and that spurred me to write 2 drafts of a short film and a bunch of supporting documentation on why and how I want to tell this story, all in a matter of days after dragging my feet for a few weeks of unfocused outlining sans a deadline. Doesn't matter if I get rejected, the work I did this week is already a victory!
Congrats on your screenplay and your submission! That's such a huge win. You identified a crucial benefit I totally missed — the power of the submission deadline to spur action. Gotta love those deadlines.
Just here to say I typed a huge comment on my phone, pressed the wrong place on my screen, and it disappeared. 😱
OMG! That is maddening!! So sorry that happened, and congrats on having the courage to write another comment!!
I love this perspective! One year I made myself a goal of getting 50 rejections. That was it, the whole goal. A few submissions in, I got my very first acceptance. You just never know, so it really helps to take the pressure off the outcome
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Oooh, a rejection goal is a great idea! We all put so much pressure on ourselves, it's a relief to reward ourselves for the work we can control vs. the outcome we can't.
Thanks for this! Amazing and powerful perspective and insights. I'm trying to work on more crafting, doing, creating and less being focused on where anything "has" to land. Everything is skill and muscle building; every experience is a growth opportunity and I think all of my creative heroes believe and practice that. Go Bizzy GO!!!
Thanks for reading!! Your comment really resonates with me. I keep reminding myself it's about developing an ongoing practice, not finishing a race. My writer-self a decade ago would have been very resistant to this idea...!
I hope you're celebrating your evolution my friend. It's fantastic. You're absolutely right: practice, ritual, some kind of devotion...that's really what it's all about
Rejection hardly bothers me anymore. BTW I LOVE your beautiful home 🏠❤️
So nice to hear from you, Maribeth! Let's all agree to reject rejections :) Thanks for the kind words.
So well put, Bizzy!! I absolutely ascribe to this whole line of thinking, too! I had a film incubator deadline last night that I found out about a week prior, and that spurred me to write 2 drafts of a short film and a bunch of supporting documentation on why and how I want to tell this story, all in a matter of days after dragging my feet for a few weeks of unfocused outlining sans a deadline. Doesn't matter if I get rejected, the work I did this week is already a victory!
Congrats on your screenplay and your submission! That's such a huge win. You identified a crucial benefit I totally missed — the power of the submission deadline to spur action. Gotta love those deadlines.
Deadlines are so powerful!