David J. Immel: Content creator, creative executive and filmmaker in Fort Worth, Texas.

Looking for opinions, I have done some screenplays and enjoy it. But right now I feel like doing a novel that I could self publish. The novel would give me more immediate gratification than doing screenplays and paying for contests. However, I am terrified and terrible and proper grammar when writing dialogue. It's almost so tedious to me that i get afraid to start writing. I have some really cool ideas but can't get over this fear. I've thought about 1st person or 3rd person and can't grasp it. I love to write scenes, characters, and plot points but can't do dialogue. The he she said, John said. It feels really clunky for me. Does anyone have any advice to help me free my creativity lol. Thanks

New on the site. I live in Indy (CA transplant). My background is not in the creative arts, but in engineering and business. I have a creative writing streak in me, but chose a different path for a career. Started writing as a hobby and loved it! I not only write screenplays, but music lyrics as well. My Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller screenplay, Nephilim, made the quarterfinals of last year's Screencraft Sci-Fi contest, which was a big confidence booster. I'm on a fun journey and am enjoying the trip!

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Some of us still dream of that theatrical release and all the trappings of the big premiere and red carpet. But with the trends moving towards the smaller screen(NETFLIX & others) Does it bother you? Does it really matter? Isn't our goal as writers to tell a story and get paid no matter the distribution. You read articles that even the likes of Martin Scorsese has opted for NETFLIX. His latest film 'THE IRISHMAN" will have a NETFLIX release. This after days of his article that "Cinema is dead". Considering that the NETFLIX budget for 2017 is 7.6 Billion they can pretty much march into any film festival and get what they want. My opinion? If I have written a good script and they want to pay me why would I say No? I don't think any of us would. But I just throw it out there.