For many of us, the ultimate goal is to see our name in the credits of a film or TV show. If you're a writer, you know it's one of the hardest creative tasks for a project. You have to come up with everything out of thin air. And it's so much fun.But what they don't tell you about is the hours you'll spend alone in your pajamas, staring at a blinking cursor, wondering if anyone will ever read what you're creating. All that creative pressure is on you. Maybe you don't actually want to do this anymore.I've been there, too. A Lot of Writers Get Lonely"Writing is a lonely business. As a writer once said, 'It's like volunteering for solitary confinement without knowing the length of your stay,'" Karl Iglesias wrote for Script Mag. Iglesias spoke with several writers who talked about the isolation that comes with the craft."I loved it for the first few years, where I had total control of my time without anybody telling me what to do. But I still haven’t figured out how to strike a balance between spending enough time by myself to produce a better grade of work versus not becoming a hermit," Leslie Dixon told Iglesias.Unlike novelists, who usually expect to work in isolation, many screenwriters are surprised by the solitude. After all, screenwriting is supposed to be collaborative. You've been hearing all about writers' rooms and breaking stories together, right? You're creating blueprints for teams of people to bring to...
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