A.C. Conte (English)
A.C. Conte is a writer and screenwriter focused on sci-fi, horror and thrillers. In 2019, she participated in Elipsis, an antology by the British Council and Hay Festival Querétaro.
Nowadays, she writes for the website Banda Palabra and looks forward to the publication of two antologies in which she was selected. A.C. will soon record “Las Hijas de la Noche,” a horror short that she wrote.
📚 What has motivated you or what motivates you?
Working in marketing, on my screenwriting projects and short stories. That motivates me. I feel more confident into where I fit into this world of books and screenwriters and movies and TV shows.
And I think I believe more in myself than I used to. I’m so much more confident than I was before. I’m no longer terrified if I mess up because I know that if I write something that doesn’t work, it’s fine. I can learn from that.
Whereas before, I used to be so terrified, I wouldn’t even try. I would think: What if I suck at this? What if I’m not good? And what if I don’t make the cut? You’ll never know if you don’t try.
Now I push myself a lot more than I used to, I used to be in very comfortable places where I wouldn’t need to push myself.
You already have the no, so why don’t go out there, knock some doors, and try to find a yes? If you’re not doing something to get the yes, then you’re never going to get a yes. I now know that a “no” doesn’t mean that I’m failing. It just means that there’s something I need to work on. I’m now more patient with what I want than I used to be.
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