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artucle on screenwriters from current hollywood reporter issue

From: brian e.
Sent on: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 3:33 PM
 
The Writer: Yep, Self-Confidence Issues Here
By Dennis Palumbo
This industry wouldn't operate without writers and yet they're treated worse than anybody else. They have so little power that they can become infantilized. They come up with an original idea, but then are sitting with producers, the director, studio execs and the star, and everyone has script approval except the writer. Many writers begin to transfer strong parental feelings onto people in positions of power. When writers hand in a script, people will judge it — and these people will love you or they won't. That can chip away at self-confidence. People come to Hollywood in search of an approving parent and it's the worst place in the world to find one. The hurly-burly of show business, the fast and dirty part of it, can be overwhelming; the political, financial and competitive aspect is at odds with the thoughtful, reflective way that writers process information. Successful writers, people who win Emmys and Oscars, are the ones who develop a self-affirming relationship with their writing, the ones who understand that trends, agents and managers come and go, but your job is to stay in touch and have a quiet love affair with your writing process. When you're a writer in Hollywood, the machinery of the marketplace tries to disempower you all the time — the only thing that empowers you is your relationship with your creative self. — As told to Degen Pener
Palumbo, a former screenwriter (My Favorite Year), is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in creative issues.

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