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Hi. My name is Vicente Sánchez and I am a Mexican man who has struggled with OCD since childhood. This is the reason why, after plenty of years, I decided to write a book describing my journey dealing with this disorder, which I think it could also be a movie. This is why I am looking for help to re...

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My book breaks down and shows how OCD can get into your life to dominate it and control it more and more until you can get handicapped and a slave. My book shows the transformation of a person from being a nice regular kid to being a miserable maniac and suicidal person who has trouble finding joy in life and sees all the wasted years as a terrible burden that prevents him from being at least less miserable.

My book shows how this condition could ruin your life in every aspect and modify your mind to the point you no longer know what you really are like.

My book shows how a negative family and social atmosphere can also affect the way you behave and think by making you feel desperate, hopeless and angry.

My book offers a different type of view to the meaning of life and the dimension of everyday problems and how the stupidest things can become an almost live or die situation.

The story shows how a person can be so beaten up, self-conscious and abused that they start feeling invisible, ugly, worthless, disgusting and cursed.

I believe my story has potential not only to help people who suffer from a mental condition to find some comfort and relate to me, but also to be a mind changing experience that offers a different perspective about mental illnesses and how brutal they can be. This book shows a different kind of reality, a raw kind of reality rather than a comic situation with a gut avoiding to step on lines on the street or making funny things that are actually a burden for the sufferer.

Thank you very much in advance

Maurice Vaughan

5 months ago

Thanks, Amanda Toney. I just added this to my webinar list.

Ashley Renee Smith

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- Maurice Vaughan
5 months ago

I love Lane! She's a wonderful person and a really smart filmmaker.

BookTok is everything these days. It's power knows no bounds. Lol!

John Roane

I am a published author. I started late in life and have four books traditionally published on Amazon. I keep blowing my royalty checks at Starbucks, so I guess I'm going to be forced to jump into soc...

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Amanda Toney

You got this John Roane! Here's a great resource for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjjlJw2cgM...

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5 months ago

I do think there's a market for kid's musicals, Alexander Benra. But when it comes to plays for schools, you have to be mindful of a myriad of factors such as subject matter, budget, scale, etc. Not a...

Leonardo Ramirez

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- Alexander Benra
- Maurice Vaughan
5 months ago

If anything, the success of the High School Musical movies attest to that, Alexander Benra. You can also take it a step further and incorporate some kind of "readers theater" that includes music. I ha...

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- Leonardo Ramirez
- Maurice Vaughan
5 months ago

Thats so neat, Leonardo Ramirez! What a fun experience!

L. Tom Deaver

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5 months ago

Stage 32 has a wealth of information and resources. You've come to a good place. Read the blogs, posts, take a course, pitch your work. You can do it all here.

Emily J

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5 months ago

Hi Mercy Dasan! Great question! We do have reps available for consultations on the platform who either work in IP or rep screenwriters and novelists. I'm happy to recommend some to you if you shoot me...

Richard Buzzell

If you search "reedsy agents list" you'll get a lengthy list of agents accepting queries. Keep expectations in check though.

Sam Rivera

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- Pat Savage
- Maurice Vaughan
5 months ago

Hi Mercy Dasan

Pat Savage

Mercy Dasan I would do as Emily J has suggested she's on track!...

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- Maurice Vaughan
6 months ago

Congratulations on completing your book, Vicente Sánchez. That is no small accomplishment! You are obviously a creative with a great heart who wants to be a source of encouragement for others and I ap...

Philip Nolte

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6 months ago

Vicente Sanchez, well done. I am an amateur author, writing my stories for the pleasure it gives me. I enjoy the process more than the end product. Anyway, I wanted to congratulate you on your book. I am convinced that many people with similar disorders will find it worthwhile. Go for it!

Sam Sokolow

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6 months ago

This is really inspiring, Vicente Sánchez. Congratulations on finishing your book. I recommend this Stage 32 webinar on the journey of adapting IP into a film or TV show - Micky is a fantastic educato...

Vicente Sánchez, I think the best starting place would be for you to educate yourself on what both those adaptation processes would look like. The more you understand the process, the better you can n...

Jonathan Jordan

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6 months ago

Vicente Sánchez I applaud your bravery in tackling this subject. Always tough to write on such a personal but important issue. To clarify, have you already published your book or are you thinking your...

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6 months ago

You should definitely read The Monkey, Maurice Vaughan! It's a great one. Also, as Sam Sokolow mentioned, the movie Stand By Me is based on King's short story "The Body". That's another short that you...

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- Ashley Renee Smith
6 months ago

It's on my read list now, Ashley Renee Smith.

Pat Alexander

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- Maurice Vaughan
6 months ago

How many more books does this Stephen King lad have left to adapt! Feels like every year there's a new one, he must write a lot or know something about the craft of writing in a book titled like On Writing or something. Idk, never heard of him!

Hobart B Carraway Jr

I haven't read it yet, been working on a project which takes most of my time.

I'm blown away by his ability to just create and create, Pat Alexander. He's like a machine.

Thanks for sharing, Leonardo Ramirez! Nick is awesome!

You bet! Looking forward to it Ashley Renee Smith !

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- Maurice Vaughan
6 months ago

Agree with D.E. White - if the digital publisher that hired you thinks this is the next course of action they should be leading the charge, or at least involved. That said, I would think a business pr...

Terrence Sellers I agree with Sam Sokolow and D.E. White . It's odd that they're asking you to do this when it should be on their plate. But since that's where you are, I would approach them like a bu...

Terrence Sellers

I should clarify, the digital publishing is not being done by a traditional digital publisher. The IP is owned by a tech company that financed the IP as part of a larger transmedia marketing/branding...

D.E. White Thanks, as always, for your input. Currently, the company that hired me to write the novel owns all the rights, as they've produced everything either in house or with work for hire contracts. The company is based in Taiwan, but they have offices in USA and other countries.

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