Comments on: Do I Have to Move to Los Angeles to be a Screenwriter? http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Matevz http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-20 Matevz Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:55:28 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-20 Hi! I've just discovered your blog. It is great! Keep the good work! I had put you in my rss reader. Best, M Hi!
I’ve just discovered your blog. It is great! Keep the good work! I had put you in my rss reader.

Best,
M

]]> By: Mowery http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-21 Mowery Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:14:37 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-21 My partner and I have a strategy for this. We are writing TV specs, and are about to start on some feature specs. If we can get an assignment, he will take his cut and move to L.A., while I stay behind in PA. I'm a single dad and can barely afford raising my son now, living with my mother, on what I make. When work gets more steady, and we have some savings from writing, I will join him. In the meantime, he will do all the social networking, and I will fly in for meetings, as necessary. Sound feasible ? My partner and I have a strategy for this. We are writing TV specs, and are about to start on some feature specs. If we can get an assignment, he will take his cut and move to L.A., while I stay behind in PA. I’m a single dad and can barely afford raising my son now, living with my mother, on what I make. When work gets more steady, and we have some savings from writing, I will join him. In the meantime, he will do all the social networking, and I will fly in for meetings, as necessary. Sound feasible ?

]]> By: Benjamin Ray http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-22 Benjamin Ray Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:43:14 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-22 Screenwriting Compass, Yes, you nailed it. Attn: Aspiring Screenwriters -- The trick is to move to LA (this is a must!) Then once you sell a couple of scripts move back home for some peaceful and productive writing. Who wants "To Live and Die in LA" -- great movie by the way. Benjamin Ray Screenwriter www.hollywoodtoronto.com Screenwriting Compass,

Yes, you nailed it.

Attn: Aspiring Screenwriters –

The trick is to move to LA (this is a must!)
Then once you sell a couple of scripts move back home for some peaceful and productive writing.
Who wants “To Live and Die in LA” — great movie by the way.

Benjamin Ray
Screenwriter
www.hollywoodtoronto.com

]]> By: FSUWriter http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-25 FSUWriter Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:01:05 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-25 Unfortunately, I have to respectfully disagree by degress. Living somewhere else isn't just a little bit harder, it is extremely difficult(underline "extremely"). I'm really surprised this still gets debated, but in a business where breaking in alone is beating the odds, beating the odds by not being where it really happens is next to impossible. Yes, you can write a screenplay anywhere. But selling it... well, you need to be where it all takes place. Saying you'll move once you sell a script... well, it's unrealistic. Having said all that, if that's the best you can do, you might as well try. Good luck to all. Unfortunately, I have to respectfully disagree by degress. Living somewhere else isn’t just a little bit harder, it is extremely difficult(underline “extremely”). I’m really surprised this still gets debated, but in a business where breaking in alone is beating the odds, beating the odds by not being where it really happens is next to impossible. Yes, you can write a screenplay anywhere. But selling it… well, you need to be where it all takes place. Saying you’ll move once you sell a script… well, it’s unrealistic.
Having said all that, if that’s the best you can do, you might as well try. Good luck to all.

]]> By: rebecca http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-50 rebecca Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:56:01 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-50 How long does it take to write a script? (I want to be a screenwriter but I am 15 right now..) Couldn't you write your script at home and then go to LA to try and sell it? Or would that be difficult too? How long does it take to write a script? (I want to be a screenwriter but I am 15 right now..) Couldn’t you write your script at home and then go to LA to try and sell it? Or would that be difficult too?

]]> By: cyberianexile http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-241 cyberianexile Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:47:43 +0000 http://screenwritingcompass.com/2008/08/03/do-i-have-to-move-to-los-angeles-to-be-a-screenwriter/#comment-241 Yes. You do have to move to Los Angeles. If you believe otherwise, you're deluding yourself. But it's not so bad...really, it isn't. If you can endure the hardships and agony of writing as a career, you can certainly endure a big city. Here's a post on this very topic: http://www.abuckapage.com/wordpress/?p=108 Yes. You do have to move to Los Angeles.

If you believe otherwise, you’re deluding yourself.

But it’s not so bad…really, it isn’t. If you can endure the hardships and agony of writing as a career, you can certainly endure a big city.

Here’s a post on this very topic:

http://www.abuckapage.com/wordpress/?p=108

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