CHAPTER 2STICKING IT OUT
Let’s say by now you’ve completed two nonfiction films and one is an ‘official selection’ in a respected film festival. Great job! That took some work. Even better, along the way you discovered that you’ve a knack and a passion for this craft. Right on.
You belong here.
But now what does it take to really make it in this business? Well, it takes hearing ‘no’ over and over and over again and not letting that stop you. It takes working for years toward a goal that sometimes seems not quite visible. Your job now is to get through the fog of every early career.
Your job is to stick it out.
In this chapter, John de Graaf offers insights he’s learned after nearly 50 years in this business. He ...
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