But at the time, he was just getting a movie made, and I was writing one of my first pieces. All the while, I was writing. I worked as a location manager in film and on music videos, and then did development work for producers and directors, reading scripts. It also allows you to assess what works and doesn't in a screenplay. My freelance writing continued to build, as did my film work, and that led to my first book.
Most new screenwriters have visions of bidding wars dancing through their heads.
Boy, I wish I could tell you first-hand. It's still a dream for most, but it does happen, every day. And that's the exciting part. Everybody reading this has a chance to make millions in Hollywood. What has happened, though, is that it's created a lottery mentality to making it big, and writers can lose sight of what makes it work in the first place.