March 24th Dev Notes: Writers Block Busted! - Firing My Manager

Hello everyone, thanks again for your patience! The time off was a immense help and I'm glad I made the decision.

I keep ending up giving myself Writers Block by being too strict with my Management Style. Leading to more time lost, than gained. 

I was putting myself in feedback loops and fighting with myself on which next part of the project takes priority or what shots I did or didn't have time to fit into the script. The result was that my attempts at making sure I didn't waste time, were wasting lots of time. 

A more fun way of saying it is like this: My Creative team has the entire Project set up and ready to be worked on. But Management keeps coming over and going "Hey! Are you SURE this scene needs this? Try and find something Easier and Faster to replace it. Remember we have a Deadline to hit! Can't miss it again!" and then the Creative team is like: "Ok well, it would've taken a bit longer to get the shots we wanted but now its gunna take even LONGER to figure out how to reshoot the scene! That makes no sense!"  And then they argue and then I'm in a feedback loop not knowing what to work on next!

So I'm done trying to be my own boss. I'm terrible at it. 

The last time I opened After Effects and was excited to try something new was when I made "The Legend of Butts McKraven II" back in 2015. I did that for the first time again to work on a scene for this video and I remembered that's the feeling I've been trying to find again : )

The result is: No more deadlines! I'm bad at setting them, they stress me out, they end up wasting way more time than helping! Me trying to treat this like a "Business" and be "Professional" is dumb and stupid. I didn't need to do it back then and its only been getting in the way up until now. 

I have LOTS to share with you all but I'm still trying to figure out the best way to share it. Since its mostly video I'm thinking of using my Twitter more often along with these updates to help view the footage. I'm also going to work towards turning my Discord into a place where I can easily share what I'm working on. 

I'll be working on a way I can share what I've made with you all tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it!

Thanks Everyone!

summerDogg