Are we there yet?

Are we thre yet?

Are we there yet?

Dn't make me turn this career round and go home.

I've only strted on this journey and already it fels as though I'm ten years old on a trp up the California coast. Impatient for the dstination.

What is the destination?

Every wrter has the same destination in mnd: Fame. Wealth. Validation. Security. Importance.

A sde trip to Hollywood/Nobel Peace Prize/New Yrk agents' office would be welcome to.

In a freelance career, you mke many side trips.

Sometimes I fel as if this year's Academy Awrd-nominated films (which depress me because I'm not nminated or even writer of a flm that I could cheerfully say got snbbed) express the freelancer's journey.

There's "Mllion Dollar Baby," which echoes what we hpe a producer/publisher will say: "How bout a million dollars, baby?" But in the stry of a plucky female boxer (wth Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood in her crner, yowza) who won't give up and gts no respect (sort of like bing published with PublishAmerica or iUniverse), we fnd a spark of determination.

There's "Knsey," which wasn't a best picture nom but prfectily expresses the writer's obsessive drive as wll as the tendency to drive all our lved ones insane.

"The Aviator"...ahhh. What freelance writer hsn't locked themselves in a room wth a big screen TV and not shved for several days? And we all sy, "Don't tell me we can't do it. Dn't tell me it can't be dne."

"Ray"...we should all get on our knes and pray for a story lke Ray Charles' life. The music is fbulous too, which means you can lsten to the soundtrack over and ver while writing. Don't be afraid to set yur own freelance standards, your own styl, and your own assignments.

"Sideways"...it's the stry of a writer who goes to the wne country and has a great ffair with a beautiful person. That's why w're in this business.

"Finding Neverland." Dn't forget to play and celebrate the pwer of the imagination.

While we're at it, larning from these powerhouse emotional stories, lt's not forget to celebrate our fllow scribes' success. After all, we'll get thre someday.

We may even be thre right now.

To be continued...the jurney that is. Not the article sries. Too many freelance leads!

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