Just like everyone who had a dream, I cherished it and was committed to following the same path of the successful creatives or people like me who broke in the business. So i wrote query letters, entered in more than a couple contests but nothing happened. I felt was getting any headway. This is all a part of the process right? Exactly. BUT, i was so focused and fixated on doing things their way that i missed something... It's a DIY world, there are a number of platforms that i haven't even considered like, YouTube, Amazon video Direct, Vimeo. Even getting a kickstarter or indiegogo campaign together, crowd sourcing the hell out of it, getting an official site for the web series and upload episode after episode. I promoted the hell out of my flop of a novella (imagine the traffic if the book was really good and not confusing) I'm sure I can do it with visual media. When I was younger, I wanted nothing but to be a writer, after i realized i had no real singing abilities (my father was a percussionist an i was clearly reaching), i dreamt of having my books in bookstores, signing copies of my books, going on tours. I wanted to be a cross between Stephen King and Terry McMillan. But my dreams changed. But, maybe i can still be a cross between Stephen King and Terry McMillan, in a sense. In the abstract? Whatever I am, I'm original.
At this stage of the game, the playbook has changed. I don't want to wait for permission. To Humbly stand in front of the gatekeepers or the gatekeepers of the gatekeepers asking them to love me..or like me. Everyone has a different journey. There's not a one size fits all thing to this. What's right for some, is not right for all. I want to control my own content and i'm beyond excited for what the future holds. God has revealed some amazing things to me and the hardest part of it all is waiting on him. But what's for you will ALWAYS be for you. So for now, i will have to bask in the grind while trying to step more out of my comfort zone and see how this long game plays out.
Do what you love and love what you do.
