Introduce Yourself : Allow me to Introduce myself by Rashaan Dumas

My name is Rashaan Dumas and I

am an aspiring writer/director. I’ve belonged to the community for about a year now so I’m about as green as Kermit. I came here with an idea, a love for film, an observation of human beings and ZERO CLUE as to what I was doing. I figured, I’m an artist, I’m likable all I need is an idea,…… yea I’m an idiot. I couldn’t tell you how bad the first pitch was ( also did I mentioning didn’t have a script). The feedback was so harsh it was comical and honestly deservingly so. I did/do have a great idea but that’s all it was, an idea and I had given it one of the worst used car sales spit shines ever. By this time other ideas started formulating and as I become passionate about something I need to understand it, I need to know how to move in its world how to speak its language. So I took a seminar with the writers of the handmade tale, awesome (strongly recommend if you haven’t taken it) but they were using verbiage I wasn’t familiar with. So I googled all the terms I didn’t understand, got a bunch of books, took more seminars and got to writing. I will say, in the year I’ve belonged to this community, I’ve followed along with all of the success stories. I am in awe of the opportunities this platform provides. I WILL win an Oscar one day, as work ethic is one of the things I learned on the path to becoming a professional athlete. The other thing you learn as an athlete is that networking and building relationships are essential to your career…. I’m going to venture to say this plays a part in this world as well. That said, In the least-creepiest way of saying this…. WHO WANTS TO BE FRIENDS?