The proof is in the picture...

Figured I'd throw a still from the trailer I finished yesterday up here for you to see.

This is from the 'mock-trailer' for 'DEATH'S DOOR' a new dramatic TV series we're pitching later this month.  I've blogged a bit about it in earlier posts.

I'm feeling the great nervousness that always comes from getting ready to put your heart out there to get stomped on.  It's such a weird deal.  You do your best to put the best of you into the work you're doing and then you put that work out there in front of people who've put nothing into it and you wait to see how they'll react.

It's like torture.

There's always a very real chance that they won't love it and that you'll have to take that rejection and turn it into motivation.

Then again, there's the slight chance they'll LOVE it and you'll get to turn your imagination into a piece of 'reality' that will fire up other people's imaginations, inspire them to dream, etc.

And that off-chance is worth the rejection.

And that's true in my life as a producer and in your life as a _________.

Just because she might say 'no' doesn't mean you shouldn't ask her out on that date.  She might say 'yes'.  Just because they might think your idea is 'dumb' doesn't mean you shouldn't put it forward at that next board meeting.  Just because your family will think you're 'crazy' for quitting your job to pursue your passion doesn't mean that you actually will have lost your mind.  

But if you don't take the leap you just might lose your dream.

Which would you rather have?

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