Usc sca questions

Zelda_Fitzgerald
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:41:09 +0000

I guarantee that any graduate of the SCA SW major who wanted to, would be able to get a job at one of the talent agencies reading scripts. They usually pay $50 a script.



Whoa, whoa. I’m sorry. Do you live in Los Angeles? Do you work in the industry? Everyone know that being a script reader doesn’t automatically open all the doors for you – and nowadays, script reading jobs are reserved for interns because they don’t have to pay them! You’re spitting out a lot of false information here that’s outdated and completely untrue. (Not to mention a lot of motivational stuff that is just bad advice; sometimes people who aren’t geniuses think they’re geniuses, and it’s bad faith to tell them otherwise, don’t you think?)

Secondly, who are you to judge that I (or anyone else, for that matter, who hasn’t “made it”) isn’t hard working or dedicated or talented? I guarantee you that everyone I know at SCA worked their asses off; the entertainment industry is a game of Russian roulette and no one, no matter how hard they work, is promised anything. You could be the most talented writer out there and never get noticed. Plain and simple.

Not that it’s any of your business, but I AM still writing – just not as a screenwriter. I’m a professional arts journalist and make my living that way, in addition to having works published in local literary journals. I just decided my passion was in music criticism, online journalism and hyperlocalized blogging – not writing movies. Maybe that will change, but I’m quite happy making use of my talents this way. I can pay rent, I can pay the bills and I’m off my parents payroll. I’d call that pretty damn successful, wouldn’t you?