So, it’s been a month since my last post – it has been an incredibly busy stretch of time working at school, in the real world, which has left little time for any screenwriting endeavours.<\/p>\n
In saying that, though, there has been time enough to get more done, but when work is so busy it is hard to maintain motivation to write. I suppose it highlights the importance of routine, of committing to sticking to that bum to seat writing time.<\/p>\n
Those who succeed commit to their endeavours with more diligence and perseverence than those who don’t. Sure, talent helps, but give me a diligent plodder over an ill-disciplined talent any day. It is easy to see this rule at work in my students – those who commit to study usually beat those who are more naturally gifted at a subject but don’t spend the time to revise.<\/p>\n
The last few months haven’t been a waste, even if little screenwriting was done. A friend and I completed an advertisement for our school which is screening on TV. It is regional TV, but at least we have created some content that others might watch. I have finished reading Anatomy of Story<\/em> and The Moral Premise<\/em>, so my screenwriting knowledge has been expanded (watch for a breakdown of what I have learnt from these in the coming weeks). I have jotted down plenty of ideas in my notebook, so there is plenty more fuel for the creative fires. I just haven’t done much screenwriting.<\/p>\n So, will the next month bring with it more time to write? Probably not. There are lessons to prepare, a school magazine to design, end of year exams to create and mark, reports to write, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n What needs to change? Me – I need to ensure I commit to spending time everyday writing, even if it isn’t much. Even half-an-hour a day leads to over three hours of writing a week – which is about two hours more than I’ve averaged the last month \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n What about you? Are you doing what you need to in order to fulfill your dreams, or, like me, do you need to recommit and make some changes?<\/p>\n Whatever the case, good luck and God bless in your efforts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, it’s been a month since my last post – it has been an incredibly busy stretch of time working at school, in the real world, which has left little time for any screenwriting endeavours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,129,131,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commitment","category-motivation","category-routine","category-time-management"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}