Unveiling the Untold Secrets: Eric Heisserer Reveals the Hidden Forces Driving a Screenwriter’s Creative Power
By delivering great CHARACTERS in their movies.
If you want to pitch CATACLYSM or whatever “summer tentpolecat” open writing assignment, make it something a star would love to star in.
I pitched for a project last year by showing up with a scripted monologue for the hero. I said, “This is the kind of person he is.” That was above-and-beyond, but I saw the whole movie through that lens, and as a writer my most convincing weapon is actual writing.
On top of all this, you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT be cynical about the business. Even if you feel like Charlie Brown w/ Lucy’s football. Way more execs than you realize can smell cynicism. Can sense when you truly believe they’re the enemy. That attitude is cancer.
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