The magic of Napoleon Dynamite
Writers most often struggle to 'break into the business.' The best way, hands down, is to find collaborators and do things - shorts, student films, whatever - from there, sometimes, magic happens.
I cannot even begin to tell you how lucky I’ve been. I wrote screenplays because I loved the medium - and they quickly got me recognition with screenwriting contests, garnered me an excellent literary agent and got me work. Thirty years later I’m still lucky - and yes, of course, it’s the hard work that increases the chances of Lady Luck putting in an a…
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