Scénariste/conceptrice
La Presse publie aujourd’hui un article de Sylvie St-Jacques sur les risques pris par les blogueurs qui font le choix de parler de leur boulot. (J’ai �t� interview�e pour cet article.)
�a fait du bien de lire un article dans un contexte « m�dia traditionnel » qui parle des blogues sans revenir sur les zzz�ternelles questions de base (« c’est quoi, un blogue? »). Parlez-en � Madame Blogs. ;-)
I just turned down a writing assignment offered by a popular magazine. The article would have been fun to write, I knew the subject matter well and the money wasn’t bad but… I just had to say no. The timing is particularly bad: I’m quite busy this winter and I would have had only one week to write the article, including research, interviews, etc.
Those of you who freelance full time already know this: turning down work is one of the toughest things to do and it comes with its share of stress. You have to learn to prioritize and shut down the voices that tell you that there might not be more work coming after the rush you’re in, that maybe it would have taken you less time than you thought, that maybe they won’t call you again if you say no too often…
The last couple of years have been concentrated on establishing myself as a screenwriter and I have had the « luxury » of getting enough commissioned work to make a living without having to take another job. All of my projects are in the hands of serious, known producers who are confident (as producers know how to be…) that they will manage to gather the money to shoot the films, perhaps in 2006. I’ve got more commissioned work (other people’s ideas) I need to take care of in early 2006, including the development of a tv series bible.
My priority for the second part of 2006 is to manage to find some time to develop my own ideas into screenplays and perhaps, dare I say it, the beginning of a novel. I’ve got to keep this goal dangling in front of my nose like a carrot at the end of a stick and stop getting nervous when I decide to say no.
I guess it’s obvious that I wrote this post for myself and not for my readers. I’m hesitant to go public with this, since someone reading my post might change his/her mind about sending work my way.
See how insane freelancers are?
Mr. Frears, if you read this, please understand that I will always find time to work with you. M�me chose pour vous messieurs Vall�e et Podz et madame Briand.
Je sais maintenant pourquoi Peter Jackson ne s’est pas rendu compte que son film King Kong avait besoin d’�tre raccourci: c’est probablement parce qu’il a dormi pendant une partie du tournage!
C’est du moins ce que j’en ai conclu apr�s avoir regard� cet extrait vid�o du blogue d’un r�alisateur qui a �t� appel� � la rescousse par Jackson. Le r�alisateur de King Kong �tait tellement �puis� qu’il tombait endormi en plein milieu d’une conversation! C’est tellement bizarre qu’on dirait que c’est une mise en sc�ne.
(trouv� via Darren Barefoot)
Et puisque je parle de vid�o, j’ai beaucoup appr�ci� ce court-m�trage de 4 minutes r�alis� enti�rement � partie de photographies prises en succession. �a m’a redonn� envie de faire du court-m�trage. Si seulement j’avais un nouvel ordinateur plus puissant, une cam�ra vid�o et un peu plus de temps! Je sais, je sais. Toutes les excuses sont bonnes… mais au moins j’ai d�j� le sc�nario!
Il faudrait au moins que je fasse num�riser un de mes courts-m�trages, depuis le temps que je me promets de le faire. Allez, on ajoute �a � la liste des choses � faire en janvier 2006.
(trouv� via I never nu)