I was beyond thrilled after getting off the line of my first ever script consultation. So much so I couldn’t sit still and stay cooped up inside.
It was still early March, and upstate New York, but I needed to get outside for a walk. I don’t know if I even put on a coat, or if I even needed one. The overflow of positivity and all the ideas that I had taken away from the consultation was all I could focus on – and was more than enough to keep me warm.
Not only had the consultation been an absolute success, I felt my whole plan to use the screenplay competitions to hone in on areas that needed improvement was coming to fruition. Both contests had identified some weaknesses in my script, and although I had already been brainstorming ideas based on the notes from Finish Line Competition, the consultation with Page Turners had reinforced those thoughts, and had planted the seeds for all new ones.
After a quick breather away from my script, my first order of business was going to be to print it out and make notes on every point we had gone over during the phone call. I was just so energized from the call I couldn’t believe that it was already evening, and that the sun would be going down soon.
This was just such a high point in my writing career.
And while I was on this walk, I checked my email…
In my inbox was the notes from the final screenplay competition I had entered.