“Master the Art of Networking: Secrets to Connecting with Industry Leaders Without Overstepping Boundaries!”
It’s all about being at the right place, at the right time, with the right script, and being connected with the right people. You accomplish this by doing all of the above to attempt to get to that place.
Sometimes it only takes months. Usually, it takes years. If you’re ready for that grind and to pay your dues, and if you’re patient enough to wait for that special moment when everything aligns, it’ll happen for you.
Trust me. It took me:
- Seven years to get representation (2006… but I have represented myself since 2008)
- Seven years to get meetings at studios
- Eight years to get my first paid contract (development deal with Lionsgate in 2007).
- 11 years to get my first produced script via writing assignment contract (2011 miniseries Blackout)
- Another six years after that to get another contract
- And it took me roughly 21 years overall to be a regularly employed and money-making screenwriter (10 Lifetime thriller contracts and counting, including nine produced within the last four years as of the writing of this piece).
I either did everything that I mentioned above as a screenwriter during that time, or I was on the receiving end of the table getting queried as described above.
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