When is it too late to screen write?

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I'm twenty years old and I, literally, woke up the other day and knew what I needed to do with my life. Screenwriting is it. It's the end of the road. I love to write, but I don't have the patience for novels. I write how I imagine people would see things, very vivid and pointedly, heavy in the directions. Screenwriting feels like the only thing I need to do with myself. I know I need to hold another job, manage to pay my own way, it's super hard, etc. I just want to know:

I look around me and I see all these super talented people who have amazing stories of being middle school prodigies and going to college at 16, etc. I know this is what I am meant to do, but am I starting too late? Did I find my niche too far in the future to do anything serious with it? I'm taking courses for writing fiction and playwriting next semester, but I want to know if it's just plain too late or I'm just plain not amazing enough.
 
20 is not too late. At least I hope not. I'm in the same boat as you and sometimes I get scared thinking about what the future holds. But I know I will feel better to know that I tried than to think back and say "what if?". In the end, if you love it, do it. Nothing else matters because you live for what you love to do. Too many people forget that. Screen writing doesn't have an age. Most don't become 'famous' until they are 30-40.

You can write a script in less than a week. It depends on how much time you put into it.
 
Oh please, I still think you are ahead of the game. It is NEVER to late to start screenwriting. Especially if you think this is what you are here to do. So get on it and get those screen writes out there!
 
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