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Oct. 25th, 2006 11:56 pm
More comic news
It's confirmed that I'm co-writing (or rather, adapting someone else's idea) the Transformers Collector's Club comic for next year. This is a big deal. The 2007 convention is happening in Providence, the weekend before the movie opens. Movie people will be there. Comics people will be there. Everyone will be there.
There is a certain talent to being successful, especially when it comes to creative industries like comics or movies. The people who make it are more often simply determined and willing to exploit every contact they make than they are honestly talented. It's critical to remember that if someone gives you his email address, it's an invitation to exploit him in that manner. This is the function of a professional friendship, and something I've never been good at.
I've also never been good at being aggressive when it comes to pursuing success. This is a flaw I need to correct. More and more often, I am being regarded as an "expert" on Transformers, not only internally at the Big Bro, but also by the community at large (this terrifies me, by the way. Every day I am confronted by my own ignorance at the breadth of Transformers history). It is not unreasonable that I might ask for a story consultancy, or even a shot at a screenplay re-write, on the sequel to next summer's film (should a sequel occur). Will I ask for such a thing if the opportunity to speak to the right people comes up? Probably not. But it's a nice thought.
I'm not a humble person, as I covered before. But I do often feel as if I'm swimming in the deep end before I'm ready. I think – I hope – that this is the way everyone feels once they are considered expert at something. You can never have perfect knowledge. I expect the reaction most people have to a question posed them in their roles as "authority" is the sudden and terrible knowledge of their own ignorance.
There is a certain talent to being successful, especially when it comes to creative industries like comics or movies. The people who make it are more often simply determined and willing to exploit every contact they make than they are honestly talented. It's critical to remember that if someone gives you his email address, it's an invitation to exploit him in that manner. This is the function of a professional friendship, and something I've never been good at.
I've also never been good at being aggressive when it comes to pursuing success. This is a flaw I need to correct. More and more often, I am being regarded as an "expert" on Transformers, not only internally at the Big Bro, but also by the community at large (this terrifies me, by the way. Every day I am confronted by my own ignorance at the breadth of Transformers history). It is not unreasonable that I might ask for a story consultancy, or even a shot at a screenplay re-write, on the sequel to next summer's film (should a sequel occur). Will I ask for such a thing if the opportunity to speak to the right people comes up? Probably not. But it's a nice thought.
I'm not a humble person, as I covered before. But I do often feel as if I'm swimming in the deep end before I'm ready. I think – I hope – that this is the way everyone feels once they are considered expert at something. You can never have perfect knowledge. I expect the reaction most people have to a question posed them in their roles as "authority" is the sudden and terrible knowledge of their own ignorance.
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