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Today's blog post comes from Screenwriter and Consultant Chris Morley, based in Toronto, Canada.
--------------------------------------------------------------- I remember the first play I submitted to a theatre in Toronto. The dramaturge called me in to “talk.” He was merciless and heartless, and yet that meeting was a gift. It made me face the truth, and it awakened my Voice. “Predictable,” “one dimensional,” “hackneyed,” “cliché upon cliché,” and “worse and worse”, were just some of the comments the dramaturge wrote in the margins of my beloved script. He savaged my labor of love, attacking not only my work but my dreams. He would politely stop and ask, “Are you sure you want to hear this?” Even then, I realized the truth was preferable to living an illusion. There were harder truths to follow, and bigger problems than not being such a great writer. That was solvable, although I didn’t know it at the time. In wrapping up, the dramaturge cheerfully suggested I give up writing because I had no talent. He was right; there wasn’t much talent on display. But he was wrong as well because there was something beneath the surface that had the power to change everything. What I learned from that meeting is that everything can help us, even the most savage criticism. One’s Voice can turn a negative into a positive. There’s no amount of rejection that can stop you if you don’t give up and if you listen within. His unvarnished critique triggered my Voice to speak, and it was determined to put things right. Unfortunately, I wasn’t listening... [Continue Reading >>]( [Stage 32 logo]( Copyright ©2023 Stage 32, All rights reserved. 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #427
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