by Mary DeRosa | Dec 10, 2015 | Creativity, Resistance, Writing
“Comparison is the death of joy.” – Mark Twain I hate to admit it, but one of my worst habits is comparing myself to other writers…usually when I’m in the throes of fearing that I’m not good enough at what I do. Of course, this is wildly unproductive, and I...
by Mary DeRosa | Sep 17, 2015 | Rejection, Screenplays, Writing
Years ago when I was still a scripting newbie, I decided to enter a fairly well known screenplay writing contest. One of the perks of coughing up the $50 entry fee was receiving an evaluation of your script by a professional screenwriter, so I was pretty excited...
by Mary DeRosa | Sep 17, 2015 | Creativity, Resistance, Writing
When I sat down to write this first post, I’d thought that I was set on talking about the current state of my writing life. The novel whose characters seem to envelop me in a warm hug one moment, then kick me in the shins and run away screaming, refusing to cooperate...
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