Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
  • EXIT STRATEGIES
  • Preparing to Leave School and Begin Your Screenwriting Career
  • By Gabrielle Kelly
  • TEN ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE
  • To Be an Active Hero in Your Career
  • By Jen Grisanti
  • IMPRESSING THE DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
  • By Trai Cartwright
  • WRITING FOR TELEVISION
  • What It Takes
  • An Interview With Fern Field Brooks
  • WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?
  • Notes From the Screenwriting Guru
  • An Interview With Erik Bork
  • FROM WRITERS ASSISTANT TO SHOWRUNNER
  • Interning, Knocking on Doors, and Making Connections
  • An Interview With Stacy A. Littlejohn
  • CHAPTER 2: STICKING IT OUT
  • THE SCREENWRITERS JOURNEY
  • By Pat Verducci
  • WHAT IS A PITCH?
  • And Why and How Do You Do It?
  • By Joshua Malkin
  • BUILDING A SCREENWRITING CAREER
  • Advice From the Entertainment Career Coach
  • An Interview With Carole Kirschner
  • A SCRIPT READERS PERSPECTIVE
  • How to Love What You Do When You Cant Do What You Love
  • By James Napoli
  • THE ART OF DISCIPLINE AND PERSISTENCE
  • Moving Toward Creative Success
  • An Interview With Anne Fontaine
  • A VETERAN PRODUCERS TAKE ON SCREENWRITING
  • An Interview With Bruce Gilbert
  • By Chuck Erven
  • NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
  • How to Find the Positive
  • By Hugo Van Laere
  • CHAPTER 3: FINDING SUCCESS
  • BUILDING YOUR TEAM
  • Insights From the Screenwriting Consultant
  • An Interview With Linda Seger
  • INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING
  • Working With an Independent Film Producer
  • An Interview With Mary Jane Skalski
  • DECIDING WHAT TO WRITE
  • By Kira-Anne Pelican
  • A WORKING SCREENWRITERS JOURNEY IN AUSTRALIA
  • By Susan Macgillicuddy
  • THE PATH TO WRITING AN ICONIC FILM
  • Navigating the Business of Hollywood
  • An Interview With Barry Morrow
  • CHAPTER 4: GETTING AHEAD
  • A BOLD MOVE
  • Running With an Unexpected Story
  • An Interview With Mary Harron
  • SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN HOLLYWOOD
  • Eight Principles to Empower Your Writing and Your Life
  • By Jim Jennewein
  • FROM CREATIVITY TO CRAFT IN SCREENWRITING
  • By Mark Readman
  • WRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
  • A Strategy of Forward Motion
  • An Interview With Claudia Llosa
  • RISKS AND REWARDS
  • Following a Passion
  • An Interview With Jay Paul Deratany
  • SCREENWRITING AND MENTAL FITNESS
  • Thoughts From a Mental Health Professional
  • An Interview With David Silverman
  • CHAPTER 5: STARTING AGAIN
  • REINVENTION
  • Writing the Next Great Script
  • By William Rabkin
  • ART VS. COMMERCE
  • The Cage Match in My Brain Continues
  • By Shalom Auslander
  • EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD
  • I Learned From Writing Scripts
  • By Rosanne Welch
  • STARTING OVER IN AMERICA
  • From Writing to Directing and Back Again
  • An Interview With Kirsten Sheridan
  • LIFE LESSONS IN WRITING FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
  • Wisdom From the Head Writer for Sesame Street
  • An Interview With Lou Berger
  • INDEX.