I would love to sell all my scripts, but I'd settle for selling one for a lot of money. One of the curses of free-lance writing work is no steady paycheck. Perine is no stranger to the rigors of free-lance writing. During much of his career, he opted to write television scripts as a free- lancer so he could spend more time at home with his family. His credits include The Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, Eight Is Enough, Magnum P.I., Fame and Highway to Heaven.
Feature films are more satisfying than television.
You're not restricted to developing characters as they exist in someone else's head. These characters are all mine. He's most comfortable writing about relationships, he says, rather than cops and robbers. The other project, which has been completed, is about two men who embark on a journey together and are forced to confront their fears. Adams, who's written and produced situation-comedy pilots for Universal, Columbia, Aaron Spelling and Loni Anderson, has branched off into feature films.