Re: What a successful screenwriter can expect to earn - Scriptnotes for April 23
I'm sorry if sharing experiences, data, and analysis comes across as "complaining." That wasn't my intent.
(And for the record, I'm quite easy to work with. I've been paid to write scripts and do rewrites and edits and give notes and I have a number of happy clients.)
I started the thread because I thought any discussion of the large salaries that successful screenwriters make should be balanced by a discussion of the odds against making those large salaries. John and Craig touched on this but didn't go into detail.
I went into detail, and invited discussion on whether my particular way of looking at it made sense to others.
I confess to a nerdy interest in the psychoeconomics of screenwriting. Why do 100,000 people listen to Scriptnotes, but "only" 5,700 enter the Nicholl? Why are there hundreds of screenwriting books in print and contests in operation? Why do thousands take classes and use services like the BL?
I assume that so many people invest time and money because most of them hope to make money -- even get rich.
So I guess it's not surprising that people get annoyed when someone points out that the odds are that no, they won't.
Can't we talk about that elephant in the room without getting pissy?
I'm sorry if sharing experiences, data, and analysis comes across as "complaining." That wasn't my intent.
(And for the record, I'm quite easy to work with. I've been paid to write scripts and do rewrites and edits and give notes and I have a number of happy clients.)
I started the thread because I thought any discussion of the large salaries that successful screenwriters make should be balanced by a discussion of the odds against making those large salaries. John and Craig touched on this but didn't go into detail.
I went into detail, and invited discussion on whether my particular way of looking at it made sense to others.
I confess to a nerdy interest in the psychoeconomics of screenwriting. Why do 100,000 people listen to Scriptnotes, but "only" 5,700 enter the Nicholl? Why are there hundreds of screenwriting books in print and contests in operation? Why do thousands take classes and use services like the BL?
I assume that so many people invest time and money because most of them hope to make money -- even get rich.
So I guess it's not surprising that people get annoyed when someone points out that the odds are that no, they won't.
Can't we talk about that elephant in the room without getting pissy?
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