MINISODE: What I Learned From My First Hollywood Script Sale

Welcome back to 5AM StoryTalk — a place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role that art plays in our lives. Today we’re going to be discussing how I broke into the Hollywood film/TV industry and how I learned to trust myself in a business where nobody knows anything, but everybody insists they know everything.

Put another way: I’m going to tell you about my first script sale, how it almost didn’t happen because of some questionable advice I received from my reps, and what the experience taught me about how to pursue my dreams of becoming a produced screenwriter – which I achieved a few years later when a TV series I created, “Dracula”, premiered on NBC and Sky.

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·      ⁠⁠5AM StoryTalk newsletter⁠⁠ (become a paid subscriber here to gain access to both hundreds of arts articles, essays, and resources at the 5AM StoryTalk newsletter as well as all episodes of its podcast days, weeks, and sometimes even months early)

·      Read more about my first screenplay sale here: “The Untold Horror Story of My First Screenplay Sale”

·     Read more about my experiences creating “Dracula” – which I describe as a cautionary tale about what can happen when all your dreams come true in Hollywood