This Savage Art

I guess it’s always been my thinking that following trends in the industry is like pushing a rock uphill. Unless you can literally crank out a polished flavor-of-the-month screenplay in two months and ride the current wave it seems really difficult to gauge. Don’t get me wrong, I will probably die a miserable failure at this (my usual sunny outlook) but when I see someone do something that blows my mind it makes me feel like I should always follow my gut and write what turns me on.

If what turns you on is what is selling and will sell for the next ten years then I guess you really don’t have anything to bitch about but until we all get to that point I think creating what you want to not what you need to is always the way to go. I’m dying to write something fast and furious that flows out of me. Not be so precious. Who cares if it sells. Just to free me up. I have folders full of orphaned concepts. Maybe the time is now?