TAKE TWO
Alexander Graham Bell suggested, “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
When facing a career with a rejection around every corner, writers should heed Bell’s advice. A “no” isn’t the death of your career, worthy of wallowing in a puddle of tears forever. That slamming door could simply be the beginning of a different path to success.
Don’t wait for an agent or a producer to validate you. Instead, take charge of your own destiny. Screenwriters can become independent filmmakers. Novelists can self-publish. You have many more choices to be proactive than even five years ago. Survival requires embracing change and breaking through that new door into the unknown.
