Why I write

Because these characters wouldn't be born otherwise.

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 9, 2021

This business is alternately exhilarating and disheartening.  Every time I set aside an idea or a script, I can’t help thinking back to Dark Matter and how I spent years developing those characters, their respective backstories and arcs, with no guarantee that they would ever come alive for anyone else besides me.  And I consider the fact that I sat with those characters for over seven years before I got the opportunity to share them with the rest of the world, seven long years peppered with countless instances where I doubted the process.  Not the characters or the story but the process that stacks the odds against you regardless of how hard you work or how great your script or concept.  And so I remind myself that if it happened with Dark Matter, it can happen with TimEscape or Northern Gothic or Fronted or the handful of other projects filled with exceptionally colorful, infinitely lovable characters I’m just dying to share with you.  There’s no giving up.  Just setting aside for the time being until that window of opportunity presents itself.

Speaking of great characters – check out actor Anthony Lemke (Dark Matter’s THREE) as he sits down with amazing author Bruce McLellan (The Powder Mage Trilogy).  A wonderful conversation between these two…

This week on Page Break my guest is actor @ranthonylemke! I ask for advice on how to read a pilot script, and we chat about insecurity, the actor's relationship with script writer, and planning your life as a creative. Give it a listen! https://t.co/bLhtaY5Du5 pic.twitter.com/eXuASoVde3

— Brian McClellan (@BrianTMcClellan) November 9, 2021

Today’s Yes/No…

Pecan Pie Doughnuts? Yes/No
Krispy Kreme will offer pecan pie doughnuts and more this Thanksgiving season https://t.co/4Vk4zKpALn

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) November 9, 2021

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