Cole HaddonJul 15, 2023

'Screenwriting Tales: The F@cked-Up Amount of Free Work It Takes to (Not) Sell Something in Hollywood Today'
 
Or: that time a studio told me to spec a TV pilot for it even though I had an A-list actor attached to the project
 
"The Writers Guild of America is currently on strike, in part, because it’s impossible to build or sustain a career in a system as broken as this."
 
https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/screenwriting-tales-the-fcked-up?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Screenwriting Tales: The F@cked-Up Amount of Free Work It Takes to (Not) Sell Something in Hollywood Today

Or: that time a studio told me to spec a TV pilot for it even though I had an A-list actor attached to the project

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Show threadtim daltonJul 15, 2023
@colehaddon Well that was an interesting and troubling read. I’m glad you shared. And what i just read elsewhere about the studios or whoever just wanting writers to go broke so they will work for peanuts is so depressing. I wish you well and enjoy the coffee. - tim
Show threadCole Haddon
@timdalton Tim! Thank you so much for the coffee, my friend. It is much appreciated.
Jul 16, 2023 at 7:56pmWeb