JayReel

I really, truly, appreciate your honestly. Many would take this response with a negative connotation, but if anything I am even more eager to succeed. The day I sell my first script, I'll look you up. And I'll buy you many, many drinks. Best of luck in your future endeavors. You give us writers hope. Thank you.

Hello! I am an undergrad studying screenwriting in Chicago, striving to write both features and television. What's it like writing 18 or so scripts and not having them picked up time and time again? Did you have a job in-between having your first script bought? If so, was it in the industry doing coverage, etc? Basically, I am asking if I will be living in a cardboard box until I have some luck? Hopefully as much as you! Congratulations and thanks for this AMA.

What advice can you give a writer that will be moving to Los Angeles from Chicago within the next three years? Am I doomed?