What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Freelance: Turn That Rewrite into a JOB
Okay. You’re an old hand at this. You’ve got a manager and four
kick-ass pilots. You were Duchovny’s 2nd assistant on Californication Season 3. And you hate the world. Or… maybe you’re not bitter, but you still haven’t made it. Is it your fault? Well, let’s not assign blame just yet. Instead, let’s rewrite that latest pilot. Push it to 88 mph. Because, in this town, when it’s not about who you know, it is about the work. That, and making your career strategy bullet-proof (because it is about who you know).
Topics include:
• Help! My protagonist is boring!
• Creating surprise: scene outcome bait-and-switch. Is it A or B? Nope. C.
• Prepping and meeting with execs, showrunners, agents and producers.
• Pitching. Pitching. Pitching. And pitching. (There’s at least four kinds —
we’ll cover them all!)
• How to ask for help and recommendations… without feeling like a slimeball.
• Parlay that manager into an agent. And then agent that agent.
• Making the jump from support staff to writing staff. And delivering.
• Inside a real writers room: how to prove your value without being fired.
Or hated. Or both.
• Taking notes like a mensch, aka everyone wants to be heard.
• A lot, lot more!
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