Do you expect a major breakthrough in your life

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Yesterday, 2:05 pm

Yes, I absolutely do. I am a screenwriter/musician
and I absolutely expect to sell my tv pilot very soon.
I've had it for over 10 years.
I've been to NYC and Los Angeles. I've invested a great deal of time, energy and money.

I simply cannot continue my current lifestyle where I survive on benefits.
I have not been realizing my potential.

The thing with the film/tv/screenwriting industry - in my experience it can be very difficult to break through.
I have very few contacts. I just re-listed my script on a website where you pay to list by the month.

I've been reluctant to do this because I've done so many times in the past with no result. My script has placed in a screenwriting contest. I was excited about that.

As a screenwriter you learn there are many people who offer consultant/editing services. I have definitely utilized some of these over the years. Yet at a certain point you have to have confidence in what you have and stop paying for these.
If you do, you'll go broke.

A lot of people will tell you your script isn't ready and that you lack experience. A lot of them also tell you your script isn't sufficient because they want you to fork over $100s of dollars for their consultative services. As I said, you have to at a certain point be happy with what you have or you'll go broke spending your money on opinions.

Anyways, I bit the bullet this morning and spent $30 to list my script on a website. I did not want to do this but decided to because I'm not getting any results. It's been on many websites in the past but not for a number of years. I am anticipating a sale. A major breakthrough. I don't anticipate renewing my 1 month membership. That means my script didn't sell.

I expect a major breakthrough because I deserve it.



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Yesterday, 7:24 pm

YES Absolutely!! !

It's time!! !

The change is starting to take effect in the love life sector first...then that will probably cause a trickle-down effect to my job/career!

I want to be a famous celebrity or video game developer/composer but everything is a work-in-progress right now

Major Breakthrough coming soon?!?


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Yesterday, 7:28 pm

You have to believe it.
You can have a breakthrough in any area in your life if you want it, I believe.



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Yesterday, 7:38 pm

This is sounding VERY Positive ...moving forward.... :study: :study:


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Yesterday, 8:31 pm

My breakthrough came late in life, first decent job. But I've always wanted money to start a business, be independent. Seem to be disappointed about money a lot.

I would design ideas for a project, then I'd be signed up for contract to implement it which meant being paid hourly for work. But if something went mishap the company keep my idea and not want to pay me off to dismiss. So buying my own house that was my stability didn't happen, I think a lot was sexism too.



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Today, 3:59 am

123autism wrote:
Yes, I absolutely do. I am a screenwriter/musician
and I absolutely expect to sell my tv pilot very soon.
I've had it for over 10 years.
I've been to NYC and Los Angeles. I've invested a great deal of time, energy and money.

I simply cannot continue my current lifestyle where I survive on benefits.
I have not been realizing my potential.

The thing with the film/tv/screenwriting industry - in my experience it can be very difficult to break through.
I have very few contacts. I just re-listed my script on a website where you pay to list by the month.

I've been reluctant to do this because I've done so many times in the past with no result. My script has placed in a screenwriting contest. I was excited about that.

As a screenwriter you learn there are many people who offer consultant/editing services. I have definitely utilized some of these over the years. Yet at a certain point you have to have confidence in what you have and stop paying for these.
If you do, you'll go broke.

A lot of people will tell you your script isn't ready and that you lack experience. A lot of them also tell you your script isn't sufficient because they want you to fork over $100s of dollars for their consultative services. As I said, you have to at a certain point be happy with what you have or you'll go broke spending your money on opinions.

Anyways, I bit the bullet this morning and spent $30 to list my script on a website. I did not want to do this but decided to because I'm not getting any results. It's been on many websites in the past but not for a number of years. I am anticipating a sale. A major breakthrough. I don't anticipate renewing my 1 month membership. That means my script didn't sell.

I expect a major breakthrough because I deserve it.


Hope is not a strategy... I would advise cutting losses and moving to a lower cost of living area. History provides many examples of writers unappreciated in their own lifetimes. Lovecraft was one, he had modest success, but it did not pay the bills. He, too, moved to NYC and lived there a time, then when the money ran out, he retreated back to Providence, Rhode Island, to live with his aunts in the ancestral home.


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Today, 7:57 am

Expecting a major breakthrough in life, simply because you feel as though you deserve that, doesn't seem like a particularly good strategy to achieve something.