How Did You Get Your First Screenwriting Job?

Want to see the full video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirGMNj2gCI&t=0s Glenn Gers has been a full-time professional writer of movies and television for 25 years. His credits include theatrical features, no-budget indies, TV staff and episodes, original movies for cable and streaming, such as BROTHER'S KEEPER (2002), FRACTURE (2007), MAD MONEY (2008) and many more. He has won multiple festival prizes and an Emmy. He provides tips for writing on his Youtube channel Writing For Screens and offers script-consulting via his website Writingforscreens.com. 0:00 - Moment You Realize You're A Writer 1:56 - How Anxiety Can Ruin A Writing Career 18:39 - 99% Of Screenwriters Are Not Rich And Famous 27:43 - The Truth About Being A Screenwriter 38:09 - Not Everyone Has Time To Be An Artist 47:59 - Biggest Lessons From First Hollywood Writing Job 1:01:58 - Hollywood Has Changed Dramatically In The Last 5 Years 1:08:05 - If You Can't Answer These 6 Questions You Don't Have A Story 1:22:47 - Are There Too Many Screenwriting Rules? 1:31:36 - There Is Only One Certainty For An Artist 1:39:59 - Every Writer Has To Get Used To Two Kinds Of Writing 1:53:08 - Pro Screenwriter Fixes A Bad Scene 2:05:45 - How To Outline A Screenplay SUBSCRIBE TO GLENN GERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-jmjAfrk-Ls95wGLluPNA MORE VIDEOS WITH GLENN GERS https://bit.ly/2Rv5lUL CONNECT WITH GLENN GERS https://writingforscreens.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020896 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-jmjAfrk-Ls95wGLluPNA https://www.facebook.com/Writing-For-Screens-109150117254085 https://twitter.com/RealGlennGers (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS EDITING PROGRAM (ADOBE) – https://goo.gl/56LnpM ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 ►WRITERS, TRY FINAL DRAFT FREE FOR 30-DAYS! (FINAL DRAFT) - http://ow.ly/Gz4w30rDSKt SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST https://soundcloud.com/filmcourage-com Stuff we use: LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post http://amzn.to/2t1n2hx Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv COMPUTER - Our favorite computer, we each have one and have used various models since 2010 - http://amzn.to/2t1M67Z EDITING - We upgraded our editing suite this year and we’re glad we did! This has improved our workflow and the quality of our work. Having new software also helps when we have a problem, it’s easy to search and find a solution - https://goo.gl/56LnpM *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel. Please subscribe to our Youtube channel. You can show additional support via our Youtube sponsor tab by going here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join or through Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage. Thank you for listening! We hope you've enjoyed this content.