I usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole.
It's my calling to tell stories. It's the one thing that scratches the itch for me.
I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a dark comedy about infidelity, for example!
You can never know anything for sure.
Don't give up on each other.
Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.