An Interesting TV Pilot About Dealing With Cancer
posted Saturday May 4, 2013 by Scott Ertz
It is Internet pilot season and we are seeing a lot of new series trying to get off the ground. A few weeks ago Amazon launched 14 pilots for you to choose from, but this is not the only way to decide what types of series are made. Crowd-funding has become a popular way for series concepts to be tested out - if you have an idea, you can test it out and get funded.
We have seen a lot of concepts get converted into series, from older shows to blogs. While the most notable being Shatner's series, $#*! My Dad Says, there are a lot of great ideas out there. One idea that was brought to my attention this week is a series from a blog called Cancer is My Reality, a series about one man's struggles with cancer: before, during and after treatment.
Nick Leland, the writer of the blog and creator of the series, has been writing since January 10, 2010. The writing has been a combination of an emotional outlet for himself to help cope with the reality of his life, as well as an outreach to help others who are living through the same issue cope with their own reality. He hopes that the series could expand that outreach, helping a new group of people to feel better about their lives as they cope with the reality of cancer. Leland explains his reasons,
I hope that this will reach the heart of millions and inspire/encourage other cancer patients and survivors to share there story. This I believe will help other survivors/patients/family/friends in so many ways, just knowing that they are not alone and not different.
Here's how you can get involved: Leland has setup an IndieGoGo campaign, with contributions being as low as $5. If you have some money to spare, you should definitely help the project out. If you don't, at least share the campaign to help this great project get off the ground.
