My career was on the rise until 2020.. then nothing for years.. This year my new years resolution was to take control of my acting career..I acquired the rights to adapt a play from acclaimed writer Tom Topor to adapt his play into a short film. We just finished post production and started submittît it to festivals…. I wrote and self published my second play AND I produced it… I wrote my first feature film .. And I have a micro short film that got into 3 film festivals.. I really stayed true to my resolution.
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2022 because I had both hips replaced that year and the first one was horrifying. Excruciating pain, didn’t go home for 12 days. Cried for months.
4 months ago | 1
Gotta be 22 or 23/24. Covid and frontline working was tough n all but a few years in everyone started dying (suicide and OD mostly not directly caused by covid) and living was so unaffordable. I thought my 20s would finally get to start but instead i feel like a 40yr old. Many thanks to the red wheelbarrow that took me 1k miles to safety—the white chickens are asleep though. I miss the rainwater back home. (P.S. dont start a fam in Oregon, if your kids are born there they'll be lucky to live to 35 if they dont leave, it's all for rich tourists now. I think WA is getting hit w the same problem as well. Anecdotes, my word isnt gospel, but dont say nobody warned you.)
4 months ago | 0
Honestly? The last 5 years have been brilliant for me in terms of creativity. 2024 had a few pitfalls but you'd have to go back to before 2017 for a truly difficult year for me.
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I just finished my MFA in 2019. Just hard to find a well paying job. I snuck in by Dec 2019, 100% remote work. Then the pandemic and I was hooked on TV watching idiots fight for their right to die and spread the disease. I had to reconsider what I knew about human rights vs the most incredible display of stupidity. It's so hard to write fiction when reality is so fantastical. I mean, how do you pay attention to "A Small Good Thing" when the president is wondering why doctors don't inject people with bleach.
4 months ago | 0
Between the changes in the industry and AI, I’m ready to give up. 2025 has been THE worst. And it doesn’t seem to be stopping.
4 months ago | 0
I’d argue the door is wide open for creatives except in literature. The political camps are weakening. Publishing still has a literal stranglehold where they want your identity bingo card before they will read a submission. These days though there are many options for independent film development. That, and YouTube makes it easier than ever to gain exposure. Hell a couple of British spergs are literally making millions with an animated parody.
4 months ago | 1
Film Courage
MOST DIFFICULT YEAR? In the last 5 years, which year (or years) has been the most challenging for you as a creative?
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