Wow, where to start...
I'm trying to launch a career as a writer (screenwriter to be specific) and I'm finding out that ... I must be insane in addition to being autistic. Really. There is no other explanation.
I got involved with an online community for screenwriters, then got involved with the wrong person (bad bi-polar - not on meds) who really did a number on me (I didn't find out about her condition until long after the lies and mind games started) and now I'm fighting my way out of a depression - the result of that 'friendship'.
I've been told by several aquaintances in the business that I'm a very good screenwriter. But I really, really don't want to set foot in Hollywood (ever), I don't want to 'do lunch' or knock on doors or any of the things that these people have to do to make it. I just want to write. Unfortunately all those social things go hand in hand with the writing part.
I've been at this now for about 2 years, part time, and it's becoming more and more evident to me why there aren't a lot of Aspies or Autistics in Hollywood.
I'm sure I'm not alone in this and I find it sad that we don't have the opportunity to share our talents because of the social aspects associated with 'breaking in'.
I'm also sure this is true in almost every aspect of the arts. Very sad.
If you get any insight on this please share. I'd love to try and feed myself by doing something I am compelled to do anyway but all those avenues seem to lead down that road you just described.
Personally, I think it helps degrade the art, to treat it commercially. That's not put quite like I mean it, certainly art has commercial value but....yuck...too gray.
If this is what you really want in your life (and this is no easy task I assume) then i'm sure you'll find I way to deal with the amount of people you will have to deal with. If anything if you just write stories I think you can use a pen name and remain anonymus.
Myself i'm going into politics and this will not be easy at all either. Both of us have to deal with our inability to function in social situations, but like myself, i'm sure you'll find a path you feel comfortable with that will take you were you want to go.
Question is, how badly do you want to be a screenwrite?
I've been told by several aquaintances in the business that I'm a very good screenwriter. But I really, really don't want to set foot in Hollywood (ever), I don't want to 'do lunch' or knock on doors or any of the things that these people have to do to make it. I just want to write. Unfortunately all those social things go hand in hand with the writing part.
Not necessarily. With books you can use an agent, who does lunch with the publishers (the only business where the buyer buys lunch), though the process may be different with screenwriting. That being said I haven't submitted anything for publication and found that out through a book about getting published (I'm working on a novel right now, hard as hell at times, especially when I have a tricky but pivotal conversation, which is often).
Here's a site with submisson addresses of all kinds of agents: http://www.totallywrite.com/agents.html
I would love to see more 'known' people come out as ASD. I would also love to see more people with ASD really make their mark on the world. We are such an amazing group - capable of truly unbelievable things, if we could just get over the hurdles and do it.
I think the trick might be having the determination to bend the rules. If we can't do things their way then we have to figure out how to get them to do things our way.
And I believe this is a trait that we all already have.
I think the trick might be having the determination to bend the rules. If we can't do things their way then we have to figure out how to get them to do things our way.
And I believe this is a trait that we all already have.
Amen to that!
I would love to see more 'known' people come out as ASD. I would also love to see more people with ASD really make their mark on the world. We are such an amazing group - capable of truly unbelievable things, if we could just get over the hurdles and do it.
I think the trick might be having the determination to bend the rules. If we can't do things their way then we have to figure out how to get them to do things our way.
And I believe this is a trait that we all already have.
Well said.
What the heck am I thinking?
So what are you thinking now? ^^
I'm thinking...
That together, either collectively or through our support of each other, this is one group of people that really could do anything they put their minds to.
And on that note, I've decided to try to get my latest script done to enter into the Nicholl Fellowships. I've already submitted one but if I can get this next one done in time I think it has a better chance.
And dammit, the day I win my Oscar, I'm "coming out" on stage!! lol
i am bipolar and i am not on meds.
does that make me bad?
does that make me a liar?
sure i when i feel more functional i say things i regret later when i am not as functional and get anxiety from it.
so many might see it as me being illogical.
but i mean its not that strange.
when i feel good, i feel very good and i think i am able to do things.
and when i am depressed, well then i am not able to do those things.
if that makes me a liar then i am a liar.
but when i say those things i really believe them.
i really believe that i will stop bashing my head in to the wall, i really believe that i will go and meet up my friends in the park, i really believe in myself.
but the next day might be a bad day and then i just cant do those things and i tend to get even more anxious from that cos i feel that i am letting ppl down.
i got sad from your post.