INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING AFTER SUNDANCE

The highs in a creative career can be so high. It's the ultimate dopamine hit. And there's a moment that comes after almost every one of those highs that nobody prepares you for. It's not the moment of failure. It's not even the moment of success. It's the day after.

I was talking with filmmaker Erin Brown Thomas recently, whose short film Chasers premiered at Sundance last year, and she described it as a roller coaster. The higher the peak, the more inevitable the drop.