3So … How do you Break In?

Breaking In—Insights from the Industry

You’ve heard it said a million times: breaking into the entertainment industry, going from emerging screenwriter to professional, has never been an easy feat. It takes time, effort and luck, not to mention blood, sweat, tears and years. And yet, from vast personal experience working with writers for many years I can tell you with absolutely certainty that it is indeed happening. All the time. Hard-working, talented writers, including those spotlighted in this book, have found a path to making their screenwriting aspirations a reality.

But in a feature market that is retracting and a television market that is only becoming more competitive, how are they doing it? In order to illuminate ...

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