Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer has lost the race right from the gate. Months - sometimes years - are lost trying to elevate a film idea that by its nature probably had no hope of ever becoming a movie.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

Talent is truth on display.

It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.

Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer has lost the race right from the gate. Months - sometimes years - are lost trying to elevate a film idea that by its nature probably had no hope of ever becoming a movie.

Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.