“Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.”

Jim Rohn

Hold on tightly, let go lightly.

The hardest part for some writers is letting go of your work. As a screenwriter, this is just part of the process. For me, by the time a piece makes its way through the entire process of being filmed and edited, I'm very disconnected from the final product. There's a vague sense of having written the dialogue and set the scenes but for the most part, it never matches the movie I shot in my head when I wrote it.

Which is why I try to avoid being on the set like the plague. No Director ever has to worry about me being on set, because I hate it. For one thing, it's incredibly boring. Why do you think actors have trailers? It's not so they can't escape from the little people, it's so they can have a place to go and not be too bored.

I had a discussion with my exec producer the other day, just having a gab about some upcoming projects and he rolled out the phrase, "And you can probably direct that one."

"Did you just say I could direct?" I asked him.

"Yeah, probably." was his answer.

"Just so we're clear," I told him, "I'm a writer, I've got no interest in directing... Ever."

"But everybody wants to direct." He replied.

"Not this guy."

And the reason is clear. In a given year, I usually have at least three scripts on the go. With at least two of them being specs I'm pushing towards getting made. If I moved into the Director camp,my output would drop to one film every two years. And I'd be responsible for that project coming off. No thanks. At least now I can say they, "Tanked," my script and we all know who, "They," are.

So right now, we're on day seven of my current feature. I understand, we're a little behind and a bit over budget but they're going to pick up some time on some of the more dialogue heavy scenes. I hear we're getting good stuff in the can.

Here's hoping.