Uncover the Untold Secrets of Screenwriting with Jack Epps in This Exclusive Go Into The Story Interview
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Scott: Finally what advice can you offer to aspiring screenwriters about winning the craft and breaking into Hollywood?
Jack: You’ve got to understand this is going to take time. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. If you’re impatient this probably isn’t the business for you. You have to be in it for the long haul. There is the perspective that it takes seven screenplays before you learn how to write a script. Ten thousand pages is really true. It’s a pile of scripts and how high is your pile? Is your pile six inches? Is your pile a foot? Is your pile a foot‑and‑a‑half? Meaning that you’ve going to dig in, and you’ve got to write a lot of scripts, and keep learning. The learning never ends.
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