“Behind the Curtain: Discover How One Journalist is Unearthing the Untold Stories of Hollywood’s Hidden Screenwriters”
No great writer has gotten there without putting in the hours and turning up every day in front of a blank page, even when they don’t want to.
The film and TV industry are constantly evolving. What are some major shifts you’ve noticed in screenwriters’ approaches to their craft or the opportunities available to them?
Two things have happened simultaneously to one another over the time I’ve been writing and broadcasting.
First, there’s been this incredible expansion in educational resources, networking tools, and means to be inspired. A few decades ago, podcasts weren’t available to demystify Hollywood. YouTube videos didn’t exist, breaking down the craft of writing. Streaming didn’t exist to increase the breadth of film history they had access to, giving them all sorts of new inspiration and reference points to draw from. And for emerging writers who’ve learned from those resources enough to go out and make their short films—social media and video platforms like YouTube didn’t exist to be able to put their work into the world. That’s incredible when you think about it, right?
