1.0Austin Film Festivalhttps://austinfilmfestival.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/aff-is-awesome-a-script-competition-second-rounder-blog-by-edward-kiniry-ostro/">“AFF is Awesome!” A Script Competition Second Rounder Blog by Edward Kiniry-Ostro</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/aff-is-awesome-a-script-competition-second-rounder-blog-by-edward-kiniry-ostro/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="““AFF is Awesome!” A Script Competition Second Rounder Blog by Edward Kiniry-Ostro” — Austin Film Festival" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://austinfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AFF-IS-AWESOME.png810450Living my soul’s passion has been cute. Brené Brown would be proud. Authenticity is key these days and I am on this journey to thrive.Weirdly enough though, dreams don’t pay the bills. I mean, cute works most of the time but not always. When the going gets tough, and it can get tough, it’s important to remember why you got into this in the first place. Beyond the superficiality of the money and red carpets and trophies (and oh my God those are all amaze!), what keeps us going when that luxe lyfe doesn’t show up? You still “cute”?