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Dear New Screen & TV writers:
If I were to hashtag this thread, it'd be #ThingsYOUwillDoThatWillKeepMEworking. And no matter how much I stress that these things can help you make serious strides, you still won't do them. So I don't mind telling you, cuz my job'll still be safe.
Because here's the reality: EVERYONE WHO HIRES WRITERS WOULD RATHER HIRE *YOU* THAN ME. This is fact. You're cheaper. You're (usually) younger. You have (at least, you'd *better* have) a fresh voice. YOU are what they YEARN for: a "discovery" they can hitch their wagons to.
And here's more good news: This is by far the best time in decades to be starting out as a writer. It's exploding. So why, then, if all this is the case, is it so damn hard to break in? Because - and NOBODY likes to hear this: your work isn't as good as you think it is -- YET.
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