Is all about the journey... blah, blah, blah...

Ok, so I've finished my first draft of my first screenplay. Hurray!

... And sent it out into a universe.
Or at least a couple of people who aren't related to me...
And received some constructive criticism...


Huh...


So... I'm really going to have to go back and rewrite this thing.
No critical acclaim.
No big spontaneous checks.
Definitely no bidding wars. (Does that even happen? I don't actually know)

Turns out I'm going to have to develop skills and learn this craft like everyone else.
(It's always the "like everyone else" part that's particularly hard to swallow)
It shouldn't be this surprising that I don't innately have a knack for writing an award-winning screenplay the first time around. Ok, truthfully, I was going for an independent cult-type film... I thought that was being a little more realistic.
But, no. Lo and behold, I'm stumbling up the learning curve.

Ok, so I knew this already. But it's always sad when a fantasy dies. Or, in my case, when it must be shelfed until round 2.