u/atthie_yea

Since I was a young boy, I have wanted to be an artist. I discovered drawing, writing, music, and every part of creativity, and each one touched something deep inside me in a way I could never fully explain.

Like many families, mine wanted me to choose a profession that promised stability, for my own sake. So the idea and passion I had slowly slipped away… In my country, being an artist is often seen as being unemployed, underestimated, and not taken seriously. As time passed, I found the form of art that was meant for me: cinema and filmmaking.

It brought together every creative aspect I loved, and every detail had the power to create a different universe. I have always wanted to be an artist, but for most of my life, I have wanted to be a director and screenwriter.

If there is a reason I came to Earth, it’s this, and I’ve never been so sure of it. The creativity I have tried to trap inside me for years is forcing its way out, and it is not a dream anymore, it’s an objective. Being admitted to college would light a fire inside me that has been waiting since the day I touched my first canvas, and I would not let this opportunity go for anything in my life.

Every year I suffered while trying to figure out what I would become if I were not an artist. Every existential crisis I had, thinking I would end up in a job I hated every day of my life. Every pressure placed on me to become a doctor or an engineer. Every morning and every night I studied something I did not love for the money I might have in the future.

It was all worth it and necessary because it showed me how badly I want this.

I would leave my country by myself, walk away from everything i've known, and put my almost finished Biomedical Science degree on hold for a single shot at my dream. I would give everything I have, and I would repay the college’s belief in me with gratitude, dedication, and future success in the career I know I am MEANT to pursue. I will not give up until I make it.

I am a 20-year-old unhappy Brazilian Biomedical Science student, but I was born a filmmaker.

I’m a 20-year-old Brazilian guy, and my dream has always been to make movies. The problem is that, in Brazil, that feels almost impossible. I’ve had story ideas stuck in my head for years — ideas that won’t leave me alone — so I started writing.

The thing is: I hate writing.

I hate that I have to translate the images in my head into words, because I’m terrible at it. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve hated writing. But right now, it feels like the only way I have to make people know my stories.

I wish I could just write a script and make the movie. It’s so hard to describe an image my mind created: the faces, the feeling, the lighting, the atmosphere, the sounds. How do you all enjoy this? How do I start enjoying it?

It makes me anxious that a scene in my head that should last two minutes has to become two full pages. I need advice.

I’m currently writing a book. It’s about 20 pages long, and honestly, it’s a mess. How do I structure it? Are there different types of structure? For example, is a horror book better with lots of dialogue, or should it focus more on description and atmosphere?

My post about getting advice on how to write was deleted for not being well written. thanks mods.

Im a 20 year old brazillian guy, and my dream has always been making movies. the thing is, in brazil, its kind of impossible, and ive had ideas for years that just wont leave my head and wont let me forget them, so i started writing. i hate writing. i hate the fact that i have to surpass the images i see in my head to my book because im TERRIBLE at it and since i was a kid i hated it, but, after all its all i have now to make people know my stories. i wish i could just write a script and do the movie, its SO hard to describe an image my head created, the faces, the feeling, the lighting, the ambience, the sounds. how do yall like it? how do i start to enjoy it? it makes me so anxious a scene in my head thats supposed to last 2 minutes has to turn into 2 pages. i need advice. currently writing a book, 20 pages, a mess. how do i structure it? are there different types of structure? a horror book is better with lots of dialogue?