Category Archive for ‘General Career Advice’

Having broken down the current industry contraction we dig into next steps for screenwriters on the representation, screenwriting and TV writing fronts.

What does the current industry contraction that we hear so much about mean for screenwriters breaking in and building screenwriting careers? I break it down in my latest industry update.

Want to get your screenwriting year started right? Here are 5 things you can do for your 2024 in screenwriting right now to put you on a solid track for a productive year!

If you want to break into screenwriting, you have to understand how the industry works

In a coaching session a few days ago, an emerging writer I work with was telling me about the pilot script that he’s recently rewritten with guidance and input from highly regarded industry mentors, which he was now getting ready to submit to a few upcoming competitions, fellowships and writing… read more →

This is a guest blog post from working writer Amadou Diallo whose TV credits include AMC’s Parish, Showtime’s Billions, and the upcoming Sammy Davis Jr. Bio-Series. As I build a writing career in Hollywood, I’m often asked for advice about how to get that first job in a writers’ room. I have plenty… read more →

Query letters have long been a path for new, relatively un-industry-connected writers to approach literary managers in the hopes that the rep on the receiving end will request their screenplay or pilot from the logline presented in said query letter (which today is really an email), respond to the writing,… read more →

Over the many years I’ve been coaching and the many blogposts I’ve written, no one has ever accused me of sugarcoating anything. In fact, my loyalty to portraying things as I perceive them to be in this industry has drawn the ire of many a writer over the years. So… read more →

There are so many conversations that go into a decade of career coaching. So many writers I’ve sat down with. So many sessions. In the decade I’ve been coaching emerging and professional screenwriters, I’ve met with close to 2,000 individual writers. Coached upwards of 150 hours per month. Read more… read more →

There’s lots out there about what it takes to break into screenwriting. But what are the things you need to be good at for a successful screenwriting career?