[Braden]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Believe it or not Braden, it started life as a spec script for a TV Drama Series pilot. I submitted it to the BBC who rejected it with a brilliant letter full of praise and advice (which I since learned was very unusual) which said they had 'deliberated' but in the end 'were not quite convinced' type of thing. so I put it away for a couple of years, always intending to rewrite it, but life's essentials got in the way, and I never got around to it.

I actually started writing my 'novel' based upon the script about 2 years ago - yes, I am not as disciplined as I once was - and have worked on it in fits and start fashion. (This bloody forum diverts me away from my real writing ).

I had also another 'near miss' with another spec script submission - again I received a brilliantly encouraging letter back - and I have sold a couple of short stories, in addition to having won a couple of writing contests when I was younger. I love writing and especially love words.

Do you write Braden? I'd be very interested in hearing about it from you if you. You can always pm me.

That's pretty fantastic, Kirk. It's cool that you were able to hear back from the BBC. It's a shame they 'weren't convinced', but to hear their response must have been encouraging. It's great that you've persevered throughout ti all and continued to write other scripts and short stories.

I actually wrote a short story for one of my assignments for university and absolutely loved the process of it. I've not enjoyed writing something as much as I did so with that. I also write for the university's online newspage, which is pretty cool too. I didn't write as much as I wanted to because, like you say, real life gets in the way and I also become quite preoccupied with the forum :P

The assignment really inspired me to maybe write fiction sometime in the future, maybe as a hobby since I got so much enjoyment from it all. I know you can't become a world-famous author over night (well maybe in some cases you can) but it's definitely opened my eyes to pursuing something that I love doing