Screenwriting classes and workshops are an important part of building up your arsenal as you learn the craft of scriptwriting. And screenwriting contests are another avenue of feedback.

Of course the paradox is that with every single script you write, you have to believe with all of your heart and soul that it is terrific. That's why this business is so terribly difficult; having faith in the face of crushing odds is nothing short of attaining a kind of grace.

So for some writers the easy way out is to never join the race. They get about halfway through a script and sort of – just – peter – out. They spend a lot of time discussing things on message boards; opining, judging and lol-ing. It's much more pleasant to talk about screenwriting than it is to take your heart in your hands and just do it. But there is no other way, kids. You can't go around it. You can't skip over it. You have to go through it.

So take a good hard look at your inventory and your patterns. Are you a serial Scriptus Interruptus writer? Maybe it's time to get to the bottom of it. You can change that pattern right now. Today. But if you choose to curl up in the wet blanket of fear-of-rejection-it's-not-fair victimhood - well, terrific. Because you just left an open spot for some other writer who will can and will finish their script. One after the other.

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