So I finally got my critique back today…
And first of all I was totally freaking out when I got my grade because I read my grade wrong, and I was freaking out and I was kind of an annoying ass to my friends today and for that I am sorry. But once I finally figured out my grade situation, I calmed down and I read through my critique a few times. Right now after my rough draft I’m at a 90% (if anyone cared) due to technical issues because writing in script format is difficult. But the critique I got back on the content of the story is one of the most flattering things I think I’ve ever received on something that I’ve worked on, especially something I’ve written.
First of all he repeatedly called it flawless and professional-level but that’s not the thing that really got me. In the middle of it all he says this “This reminds me of a classic Rod Serling Twilight Zone, but more psychological.” To even mention something that I had written in the same sentence as Rod Serling, (who I consider to be one of the greatest sic-fi writers ever) is unimaginable. I had been having a pretty meh to shitty day at this point and had been waiting on this critique for over a week. So I was getting pretty ticked off. But that fact that he wrote that (along with many, many other nice words) is something that made my night.
I don’t consider myself that great of a writer, I’ve always struggled with writing things. And I just don’t like the idea of being a professional writer. I just picture all of those other screenwriters out in California waiting for a break and I just can’t do that. This really does give me hope that maybe I can do this as more than a silly hobby. We have to submit a script for our final film project, about a year from now. And now I may add on to the script I have (it only had to be 3-4 pages) or even write something else.
So if you decided to not read all of that and just skip ahead, basically, I received some really flattering compliments, it boosted my confidence in writing and made my day less shitty, and I may start writing more. The End.
