Film Courage: Can you explain how anxiety almost ruined your writing career?
Glenn Gers, Screenwriter: It almost stopped it from starting. I was a terribly, terribly anxious young person. I am still very anxious. Actually writing has become the way I sort of counter anxiety. It’s one of the few things that’s totally within my control and control is what helps with having the feeling. Having something in your control is what helps anxiety. Being able to go into a fictional world or create a world or follow a story in your mind is one of the few things that would prevent me from feeling anxious and yet when I tried to write them down I was always very self-critical, it always seemed more complicated than just making it up in your head to actually get it down on paper…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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Glenn Gers was a professional writer of movies and television for 25 years. His credits include theatrical features including FRACTURE (2007) and MAD MONEY (2008), no-budget indies like DISFIGURED (2008), TV staff work and episodes, original cable movies, and many more. He has won multiple festival prizes and an Emmy. He shares thoughts about creative writing on his Youtube channel and his Substack, both called “Writing For Screens.”
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