How to Reach Your Creative Goals (Even if You Don’t Know Where to Start)

Earlier this year, I joined Stage 32, and I’ve already made some great connections. Now, I’m working on an animated feature screenplay and an animated TV pilot screenplay with fellow writers I’ve met through Stage 32. Not too bad from where I started about seven years ago.

I didn’t start my journey by graduating from college with a degree or being a child prodigy with a pencil attached to my hand since I was five. My journey began by walking into a bookstore and purchasing a “How To” book on writing children’s books. Yes, that is seriously where this all begins. I was speaking to a parent at a “Learn-To-Play” hockey class that I taught when he mentioned his son hated reading.

I asked if he had tried all the classics like Eric Carle or, of course, Dr. Seuss, but his son didn’t want “old books.” He then mentioned that he went with his son to a bookstore and thought all the newer children’s books were very plain and unimaginative. So, I decided that I could come up with some imaginative stories and decided to take a chance on something.

Since that day, I haven’t let anything hold me back. I’ve found a love and a passion for creating stories and decided that is what I want to do. I hope that I can give you the incentive to go after that screenplay or start writing your first…