“No value comes from the belief that people respond progressively better by treating them progressively worse.”
- Steve Keating
There really are many opinions surrounding “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script”. If you’re a screenwriter or anybody else in the TV/film industry, you’ve probably already read, or at least heard about, screenwriter Josh Olson’s recent column. He touches on some points that are very true – as a writer, I would never expect a professional to read a draft of my script; I would feel extremely lucky if someone in the industry even agreed to so much as look at my script. The same goes for other professions, even outside the writing world. Would you try your hand at fixing your own car then ask the local automotive shop to take time away from jobs they already have to give you an in-depth critique for free?
But how would you feel if the owner of this auto shop told you it was futile to even try? Pretty lousy, I’d bet. Sure, more often than not that diagnosis is often true, but we should learn to diagnose our dreams for ourselves. If you’re working at fixing cars, and you have no passion, no drive (no pun intended), no talent for such a thing, odds are you’re going to eventually find out for yourself. Or make yourself miserable trying.
There’s a difference between succeeding in the face of adversity and squelching dreams. Last Friday, I watched the high school football team get completely massacred by a rival team, while on their home turf, no less. Sure, the guys on the other team were huge compared to ours, but our guys didn’t really let their egos get in the way, and they knew the basics of the game. So, what was it then? Why couldn’t our team dominate the field?
While our guys were busy doing their best this season, and the past season, the coach was busy tearing them down every step of the way – physically, mentally, and emotionally. The end result? This coaching method affected their game-play. Tremendously.
It’s next to impossible to be successful at anything while the ones who are supposed to be behind you one hundred percent are already discouraging you. But encouragement, now that's progressive.
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