The Blank Page

The blank page has always been an obstacle for me. So this is the first test in a self-taught seminar on overcoming obstacles.

In this white box there is all the promise of success and every possibility of failure. In the past I have almost always failed to complete the writing of anything, assignments for school not included. The lone success was a screenplay, which was co-authored, and the lone reason for success was my co-author. We have a good system so it stays in place: I write the outline, 10-20 pages very detailed, he is very successful at completing the rough draft and I excel at polishing and perfecting. I started writing our first project five years ago, a road trip comedy. Over the course of the first three years I sat down to work on it three times. Those three times did give birth to a very solid and polished 60 pages of which i was very proud, then my laptop crashed and it was forever lost. "Didn't you back it up?", you ask. Nope. While I was working sporadically on project 1, he began project 2, which took him a month to crank out. After kicking it back and forth for a few more months, it came out wonderful. Many have read it, professional writers, actors and laypeople, and it has received nothing but excellent reviews. He has since almost completed two more rough drafts while I keep meaning to sit down and start something... anything... I hate him a little bit for it.

So this test is an attempt to kickstart myself. Time has been abundant lately, there is no excuse to not write anything. The first step to success is pressing that orange button just an inch or two away...