As I am sure you are aware of no matter what country you, my reader's might happen to live in, it is safe to say you have heard about the tragic shooting of a Congresswoman and 18 others in Tucson, Arizona.
There has been alot of talk about it over the last five days (It happened Saturday, the 8th of January) and some it has not been good. One reason of why it hasn't been good is because there have been people pointing fingers at the wrong people, mostly political persons either Republican or Democrat. It isn't their fault. There is only one person to blame for this and that is the mastermind behind it. This guy defiantly was not using his brain when he committed this foul act.
I think it is one of the reasons I do not follow politics all that much is because no one wants to take blame for something. It's either 'I'll blame the Right or the Left' News Flash, this tragedy is neither a democrats fault or a republicans fault. The reason why it has become that is because this Congress Woman, Gabrielle Giffords was having a rally of sorts and the shooter showed up to a degree and opened fire. I think that is the reason for the political angle.
Why do politicians do this? There is no need for it.
A journalist on Fox news Channel, a cable news network named Alan Combs, a democrat was a guest on a very popular news program called 'Bill O'reilly' or, The 'O'Reilly Factor'.O'Reilly had made a comment about another criminal case and this Combs just let loose on how he thought the Right (Republican's) were at fault for this crime. It was unnecessary.
In addressing the Nation (America) in a memorial service from Tucson, President Barack Obama said it best: Time to put away all the finger pointing and come together as a nation so we can heal. I would agree with that.
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan dealt with the space shuttle Challenger tragedy. 1994 or 1995, Bill Clinton delt with Oklahoma City and the bombing, 2001, G.W. Bush delt with 9/11 and now Obama has to deal with the Tucson tragedy. Each tragedy from Reagan to Obama helped define that presidents Administration for how he handled it and how he helped America get through it.
This could be a defining moment in the Obama administration. And for History.
David.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
What Are You So Afraid Of?
This, my reader's is not the topic I have been doing research on, but rather something I have been contemplating writing about for a while.
Every one, regardless of what they may say has a phobia of some kind. They don't want to admit it, maybe because they feel its going to make them less of a person, but they have it. We don't have to admit our fears to other people, I think we have to admit our fears to ourselves.
When I was in 7th grade I was taking wood shop and one day was working on a project that I had to use an electric saw. My left thumb got too close to the blade and I got cut. Ever since than I have been afraid to use a saw, even though I had to for various jobs I have had.
When I write this, I am in no way criticizing. I am not here to poke fun at people for the various things they are afraid. I just stated that I think we need to be honest when admitting our fears and there is not a single thing wrong with that. Parents don't tell their children who are afraid of something to 'man up' and face it when they generally see the fear in their eyes.
Another thing this blog topic isn't is going to ask what you are afraid of.
Fears can be a number of things: Heights, going to the doctor and getting a shot etc. Fear can also be attempting something but backing out at the last moment, because there is simply no way you would do it. Fun to talk about and try to convince your self that you could do it, say like Bungee jumping or even sky diving, but getting there and watching other people do it and you think to your self, 'this is crazy. there is no way in hell I am going to do this'. Thats ok. Once again, you're being honest with admitting you're afraid of it.
Years ago I went over to one of my younger siblings house where he had rented a film or documentary called 'Face's Of Death'. I couldn't watch it. I don't like grisly horror movies. I remember watching one when I was young and I couldn't sleep for days.
I know of a person that about 20 years ago give or take was in a bad motorcycle accident. You might think that he would be afraid to get back on one. Nope. He has two of them.
So, as I stated, I am not asking "What Are You So Afraid Of?" I really don't want to know. Just admit it to yourself.
David.
Every one, regardless of what they may say has a phobia of some kind. They don't want to admit it, maybe because they feel its going to make them less of a person, but they have it. We don't have to admit our fears to other people, I think we have to admit our fears to ourselves.
When I was in 7th grade I was taking wood shop and one day was working on a project that I had to use an electric saw. My left thumb got too close to the blade and I got cut. Ever since than I have been afraid to use a saw, even though I had to for various jobs I have had.
When I write this, I am in no way criticizing. I am not here to poke fun at people for the various things they are afraid. I just stated that I think we need to be honest when admitting our fears and there is not a single thing wrong with that. Parents don't tell their children who are afraid of something to 'man up' and face it when they generally see the fear in their eyes.
Another thing this blog topic isn't is going to ask what you are afraid of.
Fears can be a number of things: Heights, going to the doctor and getting a shot etc. Fear can also be attempting something but backing out at the last moment, because there is simply no way you would do it. Fun to talk about and try to convince your self that you could do it, say like Bungee jumping or even sky diving, but getting there and watching other people do it and you think to your self, 'this is crazy. there is no way in hell I am going to do this'. Thats ok. Once again, you're being honest with admitting you're afraid of it.
Years ago I went over to one of my younger siblings house where he had rented a film or documentary called 'Face's Of Death'. I couldn't watch it. I don't like grisly horror movies. I remember watching one when I was young and I couldn't sleep for days.
I know of a person that about 20 years ago give or take was in a bad motorcycle accident. You might think that he would be afraid to get back on one. Nope. He has two of them.
So, as I stated, I am not asking "What Are You So Afraid Of?" I really don't want to know. Just admit it to yourself.
David.
Friday, January 7, 2011
I Don't Get It
Alright, my reader's as promised I am going to ruffle a few feathers and get a little graphic in this Friday's blog. I am going to write about the porn industry and its affect on relationships and marriage. You have been warned. If you choose, now is the time to leave.
About a year or so ago I was channel surfing trying to find what was on television when I came across this news show that was talking about the business side of the porn industry and all of the money it generates. One thing in particular caught my eye: This woman who was (or is ) doing it, it showed her and her life outside of it and her life with her family. Apparently, according to this show, she is a wife and a mother. Yeah, you read it right, she is (or was) doing porn and she is a mother. I Don't Get It. How can you be in a business like that with all that they do through out the day when their filming and than come home to the wife and or husband and consider it a days work?
In my opinion, you can't. You can not be honest in either a marriage or a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship when you are doing porn. I don't call them actors, because their not. Let's be serious, if sex was 'acting' anyone who has ever had it would be actor's.
It's an addiction, I think. You either can't get enough sex or you can't get enough women, either one.
Did I mention this woman had a kid. I can't even imagine that. If you were to think about it, "mom " is not helping her child by her choice in a career. It would hurt more than it would help I would think.
Heres why I think it would hurt. Two reasons. One:being the odd kid out when the child is in school and everyone ask, 'OK, what does your mother do'? It would be a complete shock to the teacher's if they were to find out.
Two: The bullying. Yes, I said bullying. It has to happen, no child preteen or teen is seriously going to look at this and think it's the coolest thing ever. Even the child in question would hear more than once "hey, I saw your mom in a video,can she come over to my house?"
Than, I think most importantly would be the strain on the marriage and or relationship. I should probably stop here because a married couple doesn't want to hear from a guy who has never been married on how a marriage should work and how to keep it together. Fair enough. But, if I may say, please just hear me out, if I am wrong with anything that I write, I stand corrected.
Anyone who has ever been in a relationship with either a man or woman, I think it is very safe to say they don't like to be cheated on. If anyone would say they do, I think they would be lieing, personally, but I digress. When you are in a relationship you want honesty from that person. That is why or at least should be why they say they love you.
It is very safe to say that if this woman in the show that I saw was in fact married she is cheating on her husband and it calls for a unhealthy marriage.
I know there are some of you that read this blog that are married, and I wouldn't doubt for a second that you and your spouse take the relationship very seriously. You would try the best that you can not to jeopardize it.
This woman isn't trying very hard.
But, she is not the only one. There are countless stories of married couples that have cheated on one another. Alot end up in divorce, alot of them want to work on it, to keep the marriage and or relationship intact.
If there are and obviously there are people that don't seem to care.
About twenty years ago, give or take, I had a best friend who's name was Kurt. Kurt had a girlfriend who was named Pam and they were engaged and expecting. The girlfriend had a friend who to put it mildly was or has to be one of the most obnoxious people I have ever met in my life. This woman just didn't care who she hurt or the way she did it. She was married and I guess just to cheat on the husband because she couldn't find anything else better to do, she cornered me and actually asked me to sleep with her. I am not making this up. I didn't. Here is why: She was married and even though at the time I wasn't a Christian I took the sanctity of marriage seriously. Even though to a degree I did get involved with her and her husbands issues, I didn't go too far with it,Thank God.
Maybe it's just me. I'll say it again, I am not in a relationship at the moment so maybe I don't know what length a couple would go to and even if there is such as a thing as an 'open' marriage/relationship. If there was would you seriously want it?
David.
About a year or so ago I was channel surfing trying to find what was on television when I came across this news show that was talking about the business side of the porn industry and all of the money it generates. One thing in particular caught my eye: This woman who was (or is ) doing it, it showed her and her life outside of it and her life with her family. Apparently, according to this show, she is a wife and a mother. Yeah, you read it right, she is (or was) doing porn and she is a mother. I Don't Get It. How can you be in a business like that with all that they do through out the day when their filming and than come home to the wife and or husband and consider it a days work?
In my opinion, you can't. You can not be honest in either a marriage or a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship when you are doing porn. I don't call them actors, because their not. Let's be serious, if sex was 'acting' anyone who has ever had it would be actor's.
It's an addiction, I think. You either can't get enough sex or you can't get enough women, either one.
Did I mention this woman had a kid. I can't even imagine that. If you were to think about it, "mom " is not helping her child by her choice in a career. It would hurt more than it would help I would think.
Heres why I think it would hurt. Two reasons. One:being the odd kid out when the child is in school and everyone ask, 'OK, what does your mother do'? It would be a complete shock to the teacher's if they were to find out.
Two: The bullying. Yes, I said bullying. It has to happen, no child preteen or teen is seriously going to look at this and think it's the coolest thing ever. Even the child in question would hear more than once "hey, I saw your mom in a video,can she come over to my house?"
Than, I think most importantly would be the strain on the marriage and or relationship. I should probably stop here because a married couple doesn't want to hear from a guy who has never been married on how a marriage should work and how to keep it together. Fair enough. But, if I may say, please just hear me out, if I am wrong with anything that I write, I stand corrected.
Anyone who has ever been in a relationship with either a man or woman, I think it is very safe to say they don't like to be cheated on. If anyone would say they do, I think they would be lieing, personally, but I digress. When you are in a relationship you want honesty from that person. That is why or at least should be why they say they love you.
It is very safe to say that if this woman in the show that I saw was in fact married she is cheating on her husband and it calls for a unhealthy marriage.
I know there are some of you that read this blog that are married, and I wouldn't doubt for a second that you and your spouse take the relationship very seriously. You would try the best that you can not to jeopardize it.
This woman isn't trying very hard.
But, she is not the only one. There are countless stories of married couples that have cheated on one another. Alot end up in divorce, alot of them want to work on it, to keep the marriage and or relationship intact.
If there are and obviously there are people that don't seem to care.
About twenty years ago, give or take, I had a best friend who's name was Kurt. Kurt had a girlfriend who was named Pam and they were engaged and expecting. The girlfriend had a friend who to put it mildly was or has to be one of the most obnoxious people I have ever met in my life. This woman just didn't care who she hurt or the way she did it. She was married and I guess just to cheat on the husband because she couldn't find anything else better to do, she cornered me and actually asked me to sleep with her. I am not making this up. I didn't. Here is why: She was married and even though at the time I wasn't a Christian I took the sanctity of marriage seriously. Even though to a degree I did get involved with her and her husbands issues, I didn't go too far with it,Thank God.
Maybe it's just me. I'll say it again, I am not in a relationship at the moment so maybe I don't know what length a couple would go to and even if there is such as a thing as an 'open' marriage/relationship. If there was would you seriously want it?
David.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Directv vs. Dish Network
Hello, my good reader's. How the hell are ya? As a good friend of mine once said.(and continues to) Doing' good, I hope. OK, today is a whole new topic that hopefully you will like. It's not really about film, well I guess it can be because you can watch them on either satellite, but today I want to discuss satellite television.
Now, I am not going to sit here and write which one I think is better than the other, nor would I critize either satellite. What I will tell you is that in the house I reside in we have Dish Network and it is safe to say that everyone in the house likes it. It would be the same if we had Directv. We wouldn't care, they both work the same. Both Companys, Dish & Direct have been around for over twenty years, however for me personally, I think I remember seeing both and watching a demo of each in a Circuit City about 17 or 18 years ago. I remember they had them both side by side with the same movie playing ('Dazed & Confused' Directed by Richard Link latter, 1993)
We (my house) had dish network installed sometime around April or May of 2010 and just recently we added high definition to it making the experience even more enjoyable.
The object to a satellite is to have way more channels than what you can find on your town's cable company. With Dish, they have over 9,000 channels as to your towns cable company, a bit less. Week before Christmas I was in California visiting a relative and he had Directv in his house. For me personally, it was the first time in a long time I had the chance to compare both. Like I just wrote a paragraph or two ago, they both work the same with just about the same amount of channels. Like I also wrote, maybe a slight difference or two if you look closely.
But not a bad system to have. Both work a lot better than cable TV, one of the reasons we got it in our house was because if we would watch something with cable, the station more often than not would freeze up and stay there for some times hours. I recall once and this is true, there was one station that stayed frozed for 3 days, until some one fixed it, on the corporate level. No lie.
Here is a brief example of what you can get: all your local television stations (ABC, CBS,etc) Cable channels such as HBO (movie channel) and one thing that I especially like, close to 10 Christian based stations.
Not bad.
When I was a teen, I would go over to some friends house and some of them would have a satellite in their homes. How ever, from what I recall the dish it self was huge, could not fit it on your roof like it would today. I do not recall all of the stations you could have gotten, but I do remember one friend telling me it was possible to get television from all around the world.
I think the reason for the change from a big dish to a smaller sized dish system is an obvious one: much smaller in size, the price is less and it works just about the same, give or take some things.
So, if you have either Directv or Dish Network, how do you like it? In many ways, it's a cool thing to have.
D...out
Tomorrow, just so you know ahead of time, I am going to get a little controversial and discuss something that may not be suitable for everyone who reads this.
Now, I am not going to sit here and write which one I think is better than the other, nor would I critize either satellite. What I will tell you is that in the house I reside in we have Dish Network and it is safe to say that everyone in the house likes it. It would be the same if we had Directv. We wouldn't care, they both work the same. Both Companys, Dish & Direct have been around for over twenty years, however for me personally, I think I remember seeing both and watching a demo of each in a Circuit City about 17 or 18 years ago. I remember they had them both side by side with the same movie playing ('Dazed & Confused' Directed by Richard Link latter, 1993)
We (my house) had dish network installed sometime around April or May of 2010 and just recently we added high definition to it making the experience even more enjoyable.
The object to a satellite is to have way more channels than what you can find on your town's cable company. With Dish, they have over 9,000 channels as to your towns cable company, a bit less. Week before Christmas I was in California visiting a relative and he had Directv in his house. For me personally, it was the first time in a long time I had the chance to compare both. Like I just wrote a paragraph or two ago, they both work the same with just about the same amount of channels. Like I also wrote, maybe a slight difference or two if you look closely.
But not a bad system to have. Both work a lot better than cable TV, one of the reasons we got it in our house was because if we would watch something with cable, the station more often than not would freeze up and stay there for some times hours. I recall once and this is true, there was one station that stayed frozed for 3 days, until some one fixed it, on the corporate level. No lie.
Here is a brief example of what you can get: all your local television stations (ABC, CBS,etc) Cable channels such as HBO (movie channel) and one thing that I especially like, close to 10 Christian based stations.
Not bad.
When I was a teen, I would go over to some friends house and some of them would have a satellite in their homes. How ever, from what I recall the dish it self was huge, could not fit it on your roof like it would today. I do not recall all of the stations you could have gotten, but I do remember one friend telling me it was possible to get television from all around the world.
I think the reason for the change from a big dish to a smaller sized dish system is an obvious one: much smaller in size, the price is less and it works just about the same, give or take some things.
So, if you have either Directv or Dish Network, how do you like it? In many ways, it's a cool thing to have.
D...out
Tomorrow, just so you know ahead of time, I am going to get a little controversial and discuss something that may not be suitable for everyone who reads this.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Any Question's? Answer's
OK, last of the film making series. Your questions.
Here Go's
From Grace: What are Art House Movies, Cult movies etc?
Best way to describe a art house film is this way, I suppose. Its a film that some times does not get alot publicity, IE like a summer action filled block buster, but not a bad film. It is usually made by an independent film studio that like I said (wrote) even though it is good most of the time even a great film by un heard of writer's or directors. The could be drama's that some times but not all ways period piece's. I have heard one person describe on art house film in particular as being slow and boring.
I do not share that opinion.
More often than not an 'Art film' will have it's own theater as well.
What are 'Cult' Films.
A cult film can be described as a movie that probably did not do well in the box office, although it was a good movie and has its legion of fans who want to see it either on DVD or in a theather. I think the best two examples I can give is the original 1970's version of a horror film called 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' or depending on who you ask, the most infamous of all cult movies "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that is still being played in theather's at midnight on the weekends more than 30 plus years after its release
Hope it answer's your question.
Drm
Tomorrow: A whole new blog topic, off of the subject of film's.
Here Go's
From Grace: What are Art House Movies, Cult movies etc?
Best way to describe a art house film is this way, I suppose. Its a film that some times does not get alot publicity, IE like a summer action filled block buster, but not a bad film. It is usually made by an independent film studio that like I said (wrote) even though it is good most of the time even a great film by un heard of writer's or directors. The could be drama's that some times but not all ways period piece's. I have heard one person describe on art house film in particular as being slow and boring.
I do not share that opinion.
More often than not an 'Art film' will have it's own theater as well.
What are 'Cult' Films.
A cult film can be described as a movie that probably did not do well in the box office, although it was a good movie and has its legion of fans who want to see it either on DVD or in a theather. I think the best two examples I can give is the original 1970's version of a horror film called 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' or depending on who you ask, the most infamous of all cult movies "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that is still being played in theather's at midnight on the weekends more than 30 plus years after its release
Hope it answer's your question.
Drm
Tomorrow: A whole new blog topic, off of the subject of film's.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Film-Making:Part Eight: Any Questions?
Alright my reader's now it is your turn. If you have any questions about film making, I will try to answer them the best that I can. Before I answer any of your questions (should there be any) I would like to add something as sort of a guide line:
1:Any questions regarding my screenplay, I am sorry but I can not go into complete detail than what I have written about it. All I will say is that the ball is rolling
2: Actor's or actress's. I am not going to name drop. Might be hard to believe and you may think I am lying,but I have met a few actors and actress's, some I think would be great for Bring On The Dancing Horses
3: Finally, I am fairly new to this, even though I have been following movie's most of my life, I am new to it as far as explaining it in detail to people such as who ever as read this. If I have gotten some thing wrong, which I wouldn't doubt for a second, I would suggest getting a second opinion from some one who would be a bit more educated in motion pictures than I am.
I tried to be honest. Hopefully I was.
David.
PS: The answer was "Harry Potter"
1:Any questions regarding my screenplay, I am sorry but I can not go into complete detail than what I have written about it. All I will say is that the ball is rolling
2: Actor's or actress's. I am not going to name drop. Might be hard to believe and you may think I am lying,but I have met a few actors and actress's, some I think would be great for Bring On The Dancing Horses
3: Finally, I am fairly new to this, even though I have been following movie's most of my life, I am new to it as far as explaining it in detail to people such as who ever as read this. If I have gotten some thing wrong, which I wouldn't doubt for a second, I would suggest getting a second opinion from some one who would be a bit more educated in motion pictures than I am.
I tried to be honest. Hopefully I was.
David.
PS: The answer was "Harry Potter"
Film Making:Part Seven
OK, we have reached that all important moment. The release of your movie. But before we go any further let me say this, and I mean this honestly. By the end of next week or even by the end of this blog series, I may delete this blog entirely. It was fun having, and I do like writing it, but I feel that it is going nowhere.
Honestly, my reader's, I know you like it, you have have commented that what I have written about has made you think to some degree, and I appreciate that. But is it worth continuing?
With that said, lets get back to the topic at hand.
The release of your film could be one of two things. It could have a theater release or it could go directly to DVD.
If it goes directly to DVD, this is no ones fault at all. Alot of movies don't even see a theater screen. There are tons one of reasons for this, one, it is a made for TV movie. two it is really poorly made film, also known as a 'B' movie. Or three, the studio doesn't have the budget to get in theater's.
Film making is not an easy process as I have stated earlier in this series. I wouldn't doubt that there are toms of people that think all they have to do is write that great script thats going to win them award after award and in the process make them rich.
But think about this, if you have ever watched the Oscar's on television (the biggest award show for movies) they have a writing award. Best screenplay. Out of the four to five nominees for that, give or take, only one wins. Thats not to say that the losing scripts if you will are bad, because to their credit, they're not, I'll say it again, it is not an easy business.
If your film does get a theather release than for the most part lucky you. Your dream has come true, people will be going to a theather to see your imagination. And the more people that see it, the box office receipts come in and in the process you get a percentage of that because, well you wrote the script and you are listed in the credits.
But, than again, brace your self, even though you do have a theather release alot of people may not see it. Tons of reasons for that as well.
I will cover two of them
1: Critics
A film critic is basically the person that either on TV or in magazines gives a review of movies. Most of the time or if not all the time, they are sent a DVD copy of the film be fore it is released in theather's
Now if it is a favorable review, congratulations, if it isn't so favorable, congratulations still, you proved your point. You used your imagination and it got you on the big screen
2: People may not find it interesting
I think it is just like reading a book or listening to music, if you hear it or read and it doesn't catch your attention for any reason, you ignore it. Happens.
Out of all of the motion pictures that were released in theather's in 2010 no matter how good they were, half of the movie going public didn't see them. Why? Didn't interest them.
When I was writing my script I was amazed by two things, one, that I had the imagination to do it and my writing ability. It is not easy writing a screenplay. To make it brief, "Bring On The Dancing Horses' was something I had been thinking of writing for years. I just didn't think that I could do it and by saying that I don't mean not having something to write it with, all though that was the case for some of it, the other part was asking my self if I had the imagination to do it. Alot of the time I questioned my self and my ability.
But when I actually convinced my self there was only one way and one way only to see if I had the ability or not, and that was to start writing it. Once I did, I was amazed of how it was turning out. I would literally sit at my computer and write and than look back at it and think 'wow, I actually thought of that.' From my mind, to my finger's to the keyboard of my computer there it was. I surprised even my self, because I'll say it again, I didn't think I had the ability to write it.
I think most people are like that. Weather it's writing or doing what ever it is they say it would be fun to do, but they never do because they don't have the courage to do it. Part of being a human, I think.
David.
Tomorrow: Q&A
Honestly, my reader's, I know you like it, you have have commented that what I have written about has made you think to some degree, and I appreciate that. But is it worth continuing?
With that said, lets get back to the topic at hand.
The release of your film could be one of two things. It could have a theater release or it could go directly to DVD.
If it goes directly to DVD, this is no ones fault at all. Alot of movies don't even see a theater screen. There are tons one of reasons for this, one, it is a made for TV movie. two it is really poorly made film, also known as a 'B' movie. Or three, the studio doesn't have the budget to get in theater's.
Film making is not an easy process as I have stated earlier in this series. I wouldn't doubt that there are toms of people that think all they have to do is write that great script thats going to win them award after award and in the process make them rich.
But think about this, if you have ever watched the Oscar's on television (the biggest award show for movies) they have a writing award. Best screenplay. Out of the four to five nominees for that, give or take, only one wins. Thats not to say that the losing scripts if you will are bad, because to their credit, they're not, I'll say it again, it is not an easy business.
If your film does get a theather release than for the most part lucky you. Your dream has come true, people will be going to a theather to see your imagination. And the more people that see it, the box office receipts come in and in the process you get a percentage of that because, well you wrote the script and you are listed in the credits.
But, than again, brace your self, even though you do have a theather release alot of people may not see it. Tons of reasons for that as well.
I will cover two of them
1: Critics
A film critic is basically the person that either on TV or in magazines gives a review of movies. Most of the time or if not all the time, they are sent a DVD copy of the film be fore it is released in theather's
Now if it is a favorable review, congratulations, if it isn't so favorable, congratulations still, you proved your point. You used your imagination and it got you on the big screen
2: People may not find it interesting
I think it is just like reading a book or listening to music, if you hear it or read and it doesn't catch your attention for any reason, you ignore it. Happens.
Out of all of the motion pictures that were released in theather's in 2010 no matter how good they were, half of the movie going public didn't see them. Why? Didn't interest them.
When I was writing my script I was amazed by two things, one, that I had the imagination to do it and my writing ability. It is not easy writing a screenplay. To make it brief, "Bring On The Dancing Horses' was something I had been thinking of writing for years. I just didn't think that I could do it and by saying that I don't mean not having something to write it with, all though that was the case for some of it, the other part was asking my self if I had the imagination to do it. Alot of the time I questioned my self and my ability.
But when I actually convinced my self there was only one way and one way only to see if I had the ability or not, and that was to start writing it. Once I did, I was amazed of how it was turning out. I would literally sit at my computer and write and than look back at it and think 'wow, I actually thought of that.' From my mind, to my finger's to the keyboard of my computer there it was. I surprised even my self, because I'll say it again, I didn't think I had the ability to write it.
I think most people are like that. Weather it's writing or doing what ever it is they say it would be fun to do, but they never do because they don't have the courage to do it. Part of being a human, I think.
David.
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