A working screenwriter in Los Angeles... who is happy? Sounds improbable even by Hollywood standards... I have been writing professionally since Shovel Buddies sold in 2015. Some years it pays all my bills. Other years I do a ton of side jobs to make ends meet. Still, I can call myself a writer, and I always thought that would be the dream. But I want to tell you about how I had to encounter that dream head-on recently, and what I learned from that experience. Among my side jobs, I teach a lot of screenwriting courses. I was Skyping into a class at Boston University, my Alma Mater, and the class was winding down. I was in the Q&A part of my lecture, and I was getting the typical questions. “How do I get an agent?” “Are screenwriting degrees worth it?” “Will you read my spec?” Make connections that can pass your script up the ladder. Sometimes. No. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 22 October, 2018