You want to be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you’re still smiling.
If you’re considering walking away from storytelling, leave your failures out of the decision-making process. Everyone who’s ever succeeded at anything worthwhile has failed first. And often, they’ve failed spectacularly.
You have been visited by the Thor of Positivity™! Take pride in your work and be confident in it! It may not be perfect but he knows you are working very hard and pouring your passion into it and therefore it is a Good Thing.
THE THOR OF POSITIVITY SHALL NOW AND FOREVER MORE BE THE BEST THING EVER
Bad idea for a Romantic Comedy The Chief of Police is married to a Mob Boss, and they have to keep “just failing” to catch each other. When one of them hits the other in a shootout, it’s followed with “Oh I’m never going to hear the end of this…”
“So how was your day at work?” “YOU FUCKING SHOT ME! THAT WAS MY DAY AT WORK!”
