Today we heard back from the first screenplay competition we entered in to... and we were rejected. The screenplay competition was the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition via the Nantucket Film Festival. We were somewhat disappointed, but not discouraged. Mark and I both read Stephen King's On Writing, and we both loved the story of his initial rejection letters. When Stephen King was still developing his craft, he entered his stories into numerous magazines and was rejected one after another. He saved all of the rejection letters and pinned them to his wall with a thumbtack. Soon he had so many rejection letters he had to replace the tack with a nail. Then he had to replace the nail with a stake. With each no, he was one step closer to the yes.
We are no Stephen King, but we're happy to file our first rejection letter and know that with each no, we are one step closer to that yes.
We are no Stephen King, but we're happy to file our first rejection letter and know that with each no, we are one step closer to that yes.
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