Inside the Hidden Struggles and Secrets of Writing Amid Los Angeles’ Glamour

Inside the Hidden Struggles and Secrets of Writing Amid Los Angeles' Glamour

Also you have to understand that it seems like everyone in L.A. is working on a screenplay. Stop by any coffee bistro and there they are, a half-dozen slump-shouldered, pasty-faced writers tapping away on Final Draft.

Being surrounded by scribes can remind you of a basic fact: You should be writing. And that can be a good thing to get your ass in a chair to actually, you know, write. But there are times when all of those goddammed writers you see, and the thousands you don’t yet you know are out there pounding out pages, convey in a visceral way the harsh reality of life for a working screenwriter: the fierce competition we all face.

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