Those who can do those who can’t like to talk at length about it

Something’s just annoy the living shit out of me, not just to the point of walking away, but to the point of coming back again and making a bloody mess. It’s not just recently, but of the many years of my miserable existence, I have come to the conclusion, some people just don’t want to achieve, they are perfectly happy to be comfortable and shy away from change. Change, it’s what life is about; it’s the essence of the human animal. If it wasn’t for change we wouldn’t be here, change is evolution and that is the key to our existence, though some sectors of society seem to thing change is a bad thing.

So when people rattle on about how they are going to do this, write their first novel or screen play, I always ask so how much have you written, the usual reply is “I haven’t started yet.” This is the point where my polite side kicks in and say “oh that’s nice,” when really I want to say “Well why don’t you fucking start writing then. “ Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor was it built because people have an idea but couldn’t be bothered to implement it; Rome was built because there was a drive to achieve and make a difference.

So to any of my dear readers if you fall across this post, and you have a dream or an idea that you want to write, produce or make. Then just grab the bull by the balls and make it, don’t sit around telling everyone how good it will be. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so just bite the bullet and do it.

Most of this piece was brought about because I have achieved something today that so many people talk about but never do, and I’m stoked. I have finished the first rough draft of my first feature script, that’s 90+ pages of script, 10 pages of outline, and a number of lengthy character bios and test scenes. But I’m not there yet, over the next week I’m going to read through the script several times and check everything, whilst making sure the characters are themselves. Then I can show it around get feedback and start work on my second Script, which I’m looking forward more than my first. I’m like yay, I love actually doing, and nothing short of someone cutting me to bits and feeding me to pigs is going to stop me.