Zeitgeisters,
As Edwin saith, he will not wait by the 'phone. Well, nor am I; I'm doing bunches of other writing, for other people. Some of whome will pay me cash money. I am attempting this in the four days that I do not work for a salary.
So my weekly financial set up is this: three days working for wages, four days freelancing as a script writer with the occasional magazine article thrown in.
I don't even think about film funding in between times, I leave that to the director and the producer. Concentrating on what might be is quite pointless. And a waste of energy.
The downside of my 3/4 weekly split is that sometimes the projects pile up. Hence,my being awake at 3.45am writing this blog when I need to be up by 6.30am. Deadline stress just adds to my unnatural insomnia. And I've got a paying project really pressing in right after I shuck the present monkey on my back (a short film script).
This is actually a typical dilemma for any freelancer. Suddenly you have too many paying jobs to do all at once. Woe is me.
The upside is suddenly I can afford a new Sunbeam Cafe series 2 slice toaster - the old TA9200. Go here to discover more.
Many in the arts in Australia make their money with a 'patchwork quilt' of teaching and freelancing. It can lead to many hours of soul-searching. Teachers and arts administrators who began as artists often discover they are devoting most of their time to pulling down a wage and sending their kids through school.
This leads to the age old questions. Am I a 'painter (or whatever) if I am not actually painting. This is dealt with by people such as Julia Cameron in books like her 1992 blockbuster The Artist's Way.
So, not waiting by the 'phone, taking on too much freelance work and that affecting the stable paying job. That's this particular artist's way and I know through many conversations over the years I am not alone.
Crack The Script!
Mr Trivia
As Edwin saith, he will not wait by the 'phone. Well, nor am I; I'm doing bunches of other writing, for other people. Some of whome will pay me cash money. I am attempting this in the four days that I do not work for a salary.
So my weekly financial set up is this: three days working for wages, four days freelancing as a script writer with the occasional magazine article thrown in.
I don't even think about film funding in between times, I leave that to the director and the producer. Concentrating on what might be is quite pointless. And a waste of energy.
The downside of my 3/4 weekly split is that sometimes the projects pile up. Hence,my being awake at 3.45am writing this blog when I need to be up by 6.30am. Deadline stress just adds to my unnatural insomnia. And I've got a paying project really pressing in right after I shuck the present monkey on my back (a short film script).
This is actually a typical dilemma for any freelancer. Suddenly you have too many paying jobs to do all at once. Woe is me.
The upside is suddenly I can afford a new Sunbeam Cafe series 2 slice toaster - the old TA9200. Go here to discover more.
Many in the arts in Australia make their money with a 'patchwork quilt' of teaching and freelancing. It can lead to many hours of soul-searching. Teachers and arts administrators who began as artists often discover they are devoting most of their time to pulling down a wage and sending their kids through school.
This leads to the age old questions. Am I a 'painter (or whatever) if I am not actually painting. This is dealt with by people such as Julia Cameron in books like her 1992 blockbuster The Artist's Way.
So, not waiting by the 'phone, taking on too much freelance work and that affecting the stable paying job. That's this particular artist's way and I know through many conversations over the years I am not alone.
Crack The Script!
Mr Trivia
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