PSA: Apply For The Damn Thing!
Yes, you. Pre-rejecting yourself is idiot behavior.
Please accept this profanity laden addendum to last week’s Making a Living post since it is that time of year again.
If you are trying to make your way as writer, artist, filmmaker, etc and do not happen to be independently wealthy, I implore you (yes, you) to go ahead and
APPLY FOR THAT DAMN FELLOWSHIP, GRANT, RESIDENCY, OR WHATEVER.
Please.
In fact, apply for every fucking thing you are eligible for every single year you are eligible for them until you no longer need any of the things or you’ve already gotten them all. (Here’s one place to start finding what you’re eligible for, you punk.)
Oh, do you have some excuses? Ok, let’s see if any of them are legitimate.
If your reason for not applying for things is that you already know you’re not going to get it, here are several reasons why that is not a reason not to apply:
Are you on the fucking selection committee for the thing you might apply for? No you are not. So let them do the job of deciding who is…