Taika Waititi wants you to be okay taking the hard way. Breaking into Hollywood can seem like an endless journey of letdowns and frustrations, but what if I told you that was the truth for almost everyone? Even people like Taika Waititi. Yes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter has seen struggles in his career. But he was able to surmount them and now has a pretty good gig directing movies for Marvel, TV for FX, and chasing his own ideas all over Hollywood. Today, we're going to go through 10 screenwriting tips Waititi has dropped across different interviews and even his Ted Talk. Check out this video from Outstanding Screenplays, and let's talk after the jump. 10 Screenwriting Tips from Taika Waititi 1. The easy way ultimately becomes the hard way, because you pay the price, which is mediocre work. Sometimes the trials and tribulations are good for a writer. You know that your work has to be great to transcend, so you won't have illusions when only the "okay" scripts don't make it very far. If things were too easy, you would be always struggling to push things out instead of making them great. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 26 July, 2021