Screenwriting for Profit

Chapter 12A Producer’s Perspective

Assimilating How the Business Works

I’ve said throughout my career that the biggest problem with people in the entertainment business is very few of them know how the business really works. Creative people like actors and writers know even less, and the business remains shrouded in mystery. Agents and managers become their lifeline, and creative talent become victims of the perception of this sole link to potential employment. They are relegated to fragments of second-hand information that they might receive from their representatives, but rarely do they receive information directly from the decision makers, which prevents them from proactively taking charge of their own lives and careers, and the ability to ...