Michael Fitzer talks about a recent experience with rejection, takeaways from the experience, and some ways to handle rejection in today’s blog.
How do you handle rejection as a filmmaker? Post it in the comments below or the blog comments.
www.stage32.com/blog/a-recent-experience-with-rejection-4112
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Hi Maurice, happy memorial day. I'm going to outback with friends later
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Going to watch Thunderbolts tomorrow
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Hi, Billy Kwack. Happy Memorial Day. Hope y'all have a great time! I watched Sinners, Heart Eyes, and Fear Street: Prom Queen the weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing Thunderbolts!
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Hi Maurice, thank you, that's a lot of movies. I'll probably watch them when they go onto dvd
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You're welcome, Billy Kwack. Cool. I'd like to get back to buying DVDs again. Did you get a chance to read the blog?
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That is why it is the 1% game Maurice Vaughan and Billy Kwack because only 1% make it through to a sale or a writing gig.
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1% of writers, Mark Films?
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Hi Maurice, 1 percent is true, I looked it up a long time ago. I didn't read the blog by the way
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That is the average I heard Maurice Vaughan that only 1% get produced.
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How do you handle rejection, Billy Kwack?
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That might be right, Mark Films. I've heard a lot of projects don't go into production or finish pre-production, production, or post-production. I've ghostwritten and written a lot of scripts for indie producers and directors that didn't get made (yet).
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It is a Daily Grinding Game Maurice Vaughan
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Hi Maurice, I just move on. I watched thunderbolts, it was okay, i entered the 9th annual sci-fi fantasy screenplay contest before
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I move on after rejection too, Billy Kwack. I probably won't get to see Thunderbolts until it's on streaming. Hope your script does great in the contest!
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Thanks Maurice, superman is next in theaters. I might try a pitch sessions, not sure yet
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You're welcome, Billy Kwack. I'm looking forward to seeing Superman! What are you thinking about doing? The written Pitch Sessions or the live Pitch Sessions.
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I am trying to see rejection as nothing more that being protected from being connected to the wrong people/platforms/companies. Great post!
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I like that way of looking at rejection, Libby Wright. And hope you find the right people/platforms/companies!
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Hi Maurice, I'm going to get ready for both, just in case the written pitches are sold out
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Great, Billy Kwack. Stage 32 has written pitch examples and verbal pitch beat sheet. You can get them by emailing writerhelp@stage32.com.
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Thanks Maurice, by the way, yesterday's movie trailers, Tron Ares and another predator movie
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You're welcome, Billy Kwack. I'm looking forward to seeing both of them!
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Hi Maurice, it's a good year for movies
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I have not had any rejection yet but can imagine it is difficult to accept. Move on I'd say.
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It's difficult to accept sometimes, Pat Savage. I try to learn from every rejection. That's one thing that makes rejection easier for me. Then I move on to the next project or pitch.
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When it comes to getting my own film or show greenlit, I just figure I'm going have to fail a thousand times before I succeed, so each failure is a step towards success.
Maurice Vaughan, I used to "move on to the next project" when my pitch failed. I used to never pitch the same project twice. But during the pandemic, I realized that was not the best thing to do. Instead of moving on from those past projects, I just add them to my current projects and pitch them over and over again. I've worked at several animation studios that have been pitching the same project for ten years before it finally got greenlit. Eventually the stars will align and someone will say 'yes'. But in order for that to happen it takes more that pitching it once and then moving on, it takes persistence.
Cheers.
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"...each failure is a step towards success." Exactly, Zee Risek! When I said "Then I move on to the next project or pitch," I meant move on from the rejection and work on another project or pitch the project (that got rejected) to other people instead of dwelling on the rejection.
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Thank you for sharing this experience. Rejection is hard, but hearing others' stories helps us all stay strong and keep going."
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Maurice Vaughan Yes each failure is a step towards success.!
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Hey Maurice, I see, "moving on from rejection". I get it now. Cheers mate.
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You're welcome, Ahmad Shah Dilawari. That's one of the great things about Stage 32. Members can share stories that help others stay strong and keep going. And members can ask questions and get advice or insight any time of the day or night.
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Cheers, Zee Risek.