Re: Made the Black List "Top List" - how can I use that?
I think that is what I do? The stuff that never got anywhere was stuff that wasn't a movie. Or it wasn't commercial enough. (I have enough actor bait 50M projects sitting around) So my manager was correct.
But the two things I mentioned above were worth writing and my passion sold him.
And related to docgonzo's good points above, I personally don't trust writer friends takes. And I don't trust their reads either. I trust execs more. I don't think you can get a totally clean read from a fellow writer. (And I'm sure I don't give clean reads) Thought it was my paranoid competitiveness (and it is) but then I heard Billy Ray mention the same and felt better. Fvck writers.
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But the two things I mentioned above were worth writing and my passion sold him.
And related to docgonzo's good points above, I personally don't trust writer friends takes. And I don't trust their reads either. I trust execs more. I don't think you can get a totally clean read from a fellow writer. (And I'm sure I don't give clean reads) Thought it was my paranoid competitiveness (and it is) but then I heard Billy Ray mention the same and felt better. Fvck writers.
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