Top producers, directors and writers always have more than one project in development. You should, too. If you're grinding away on your novel, take a break to write a short story, or a poem. Once you've sent your screenplay to a production company, don't sit around and wait for their response. Start another one.
You can go stir-crazy waiting for producers, agents, and publishers to get back to you. Remember, they have several projects they're considering besides yours. If you don't have a specific project you want to write, look for material -- stories in newspapers, magazines, and websites can spark your creative impulse. You probably have one idea you like best, but you also probably have several ideas that might work as content.
This is important for two reasons. 1. We never know, until the show is done and gets in front of an audience, whether or not a piece will work. Developing several ideas makes it more likely that you'll have one that works.
2. When you have a hit, then there will be a demand for other work. You want to have an idea developed to have an answer to the question all creators dream of: "That last show was great. What else have you got?"
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