The Bitter Script Reader posted some advice about how to survive to move to LA. I tried to comment over there and it won’t let me, but this is what I said. 1) Get settled so that you’re as comfortable as possible — living out of boxes makes everything seem transient. Have roommates or whatever, …
Tag Archive: Hollywood
Dec 11 2009
The Black List
Today is the drop date of the list of Hollywood’s favorite “unproduced” screenplays of the year. Of course, almost everything on the list is in production or has been optioned. But there are a few scripts that might get that extra needed bump simply by being on this list! Here is the list: http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/the-black-list-to-be-posted-here-in-entirety/ More …
Oct 18 2009
Nicholl: What I’ve learned so far; 15 and 16
What I’ve learned: You don’t break into the industry with a Mockumentary. People really enjoy reading them, but no one wants to make them or believes you can write based on them. Which is weird because there’s a screenplay sitting there that they really enjoyed, but despite the success of The Office and Best in …

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