Share Your Thoughts...
Share Your Thoughts...
1. What kind of creator are you?
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Author
Screenwriter
Digital Creator
Not a Creator (Patron of the Arts)
Other, Please Specify Below
If you answered 'Other' to the question above, please describe the type of creator you are.
2. Do you also have a job (in addition to the work you put in on your creative project)?
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Yes
No
I'm Retired
3. Do you find it difficult to juggle your ‘real life’ (your job, your family responsibilities, etc.) and the pull you feel towards creating?
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Yes, there are not enough hours in the day to work on my project and keep up with my other responsibilities too.
No, I find the time to work on my project while keeping everything else in my life running smoothly.
Creating is my life and my job and I don’t experience any conflicts
4. Have you ever invested in your project? (Examples of this are: hiring a coach, taking a course to improve your craft, hiring a writer to adapt your book or edit your script)
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Yes
No
5. Are you satisfied with the progress you’ve made with advancing your career as a creator?
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Yes, I have been able to make connections and a name for myself in the industry, which has opened doors for my project.
No, I have made little progress and am frustrated.
6. Do you find the current ‘closed-door’ model of Hollywood to be frustrating?
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Yes, I think the closed system is unfair and detrimental to art.
No, it doesn’t frustrate me because it’s a fact of life and I can’t change it
I don’t think about it.
7. If you answered ‘Yes’ to the above question, please explain.
8. Is it very important for you to solve this problem described above?
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Yes, I am committed to getting my project and my message out to others and want to solve the problem.
No, I am fine with the status quo.
9. Do you invest in companies/projects/causes outside of your own personal endeavors?
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Yes, I invest regularly and have a diverse portfolio
Yes, I have invested once or twice before
No, I have never invested
I don’t even know what you’re talking about
10. If you answered ‘Yes’ to the above question, please explain.
11. How important do you believe it is to have your project gain access to credible financing and distribution opportunities?
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It’s not important at all
Its pretty important but I’m prepared to go it alone
It’s of paramount importance – I know that without financing or distribution my project won’t get made.
12. Do you worry that all the investment of time and resources into your creative project could be for nothing?
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Yes, I realize that even amazing projects have a hard time getting made in Hollywood
No, it doesn’t bother me at all
13. If you could simultaneously invest in your own project while ALSO investing others’ projects, and benefit financially even when your project isn’t the one that gets made, would you?
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Yes, I would love to have the opportunity to support my own project AND the projects of other creators!
No, I am happy with the progress I’ve made with my project and I don’t want to diversify my investment of time and resources.
14. Would you experience an increase in happiness, pride and/or purpose if you were a part of a community that created a friendlier Hollywood in which ‘we’re all in it together’ and controlling our own destiny?
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Yes, I would be over the moon!
No, not really.