Current Status: Hope-ified

This week, I thought I’d just blog about where I’m at right now. After watching the Oscars last night, I felt overwhelmingly hopeful and overwhelmingly depressed. The winner of Adapted Screenplay, Graham Moore, is a young guy, only in his thirties, who has written three credible scripts before his winning screenplay. Two of those scripts were short films, and one was an episode of the Ten Things I Hate About You. The Imitation Game, which he what he won for, was absolutely fantastic. It’s safe to say he’s “made it.” Such a young guy winning such a prestigious award is really encouraging for aspiring young writers like me, who want to achieve success as early as possible. And yet, I find myself growing more terrified with each passing day about what my future holds. I’d like to have a steady job at least a year after graduation that will help me pay the bills and survive, but the job market is extremely competitive, and I don’t know if I have the experience to get myself a job that matters in the business. Sure, I have loads of editing experience, but will that help me in Hollywood? I just don’t know.

It looks like I won’t be getting into UCLA or USC for their screenwriting MFA’s, which is understandable. It takes applicants two or three tries to get accepted! Next up, I’ll be applying for fellowship programs with different networks. Most of them pay, and most of them are probably better than a degree in terms of getting jobs after graduation. Once again, they are super competitive, and I doubt that I have the experience or talent to warrant them hiring me.

I’m twenty-one. I have a lot of growing to do and a lot of time to do it. I just can’t help but be anxious about the uncertainty of my future. You know?

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