Usc sca questions

starchild87
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:48:16 +0000

I understand what you are saying Zelda Fitzgerald. I’m sure that you tried your hardest, and that you have the unique experience of having already been down the path, and are simply giving your two cents. It is good to know that you think that a broader education would have benefited you not just as a person, but would have improved your writing as well. That is good to know for the people making a decision soon to basically devote four years to perfecting their craft.

But at the same time it’s a little discouraging. The truth of the matter is, if you have the talent, and you have a story to tell, you will make it. So, here are some uplifting words for those of you who aspire to become screenwriters.

“By the 1990s script development in Hollywood climbed to over $500 million per year. 3/4 of this is paid to writers for options and rewrites on films that will never be made… With a rare exceptions, unrecognized genius is a myth. First-rate screenplays are at least optioned if not made. For writers who can tell a quality story, it’s a seller’s market–always has been, always will be.”-Robert McKee

P.S. I personally know three people that graduated in the class of 2009 who are all working as writers on Television shows. Those are the only three people I know that graduated from the the SW program. They all graduated in the same year, and they are all working in the field… I also know a couple creative writing students who are either PAs or Television writers, so I don’t believe it too difficult to find a job while you are waiting for your own big break. But between the CW majors and SW majors, who do you think has a better chance of having a big break considering that they dedicated themselves to it for four + years?