If I had to name the main benefits of making money writing, the main one would be that you don’t need anyone’s permission to do it. You don’t need to have completed school (although courses will probably come in handy). All you have to do is write a story so good that someone wants to read it.
That’s right – read the story – and fall in love with it. A lot of water will pass before the script turns into a movie. Whether this happens is also influenced by many other factors (e.g. money for the production, producer, actors, etc.).
So writing is for patient people. On the other hand, everyone writes and as you will see by submitting your work to competitions, you will be competing not only with hundreds, but even thousands of other stories. So your story needs to stand out from the crowd.
Defects? Most of the time, you’re a freelancer who wtime to Database makeill make money when someone buys your story. Nobody runs around with a suitcase of money to buy a script. So you also need to learn how to pitch and sell your ideas.
What’s waiting on the other side when you succeed? Well, unfortunately not fame and paparazzi chasing you around the streets. Screenwriters usually stand in the back (and sometimes they are not even mentioned), but they are mainly responsible for the stories that make us laugh, scare or make us cry.
Is the job of a screenwriter difficult?
” It’s a hard job to get and a hard job to keep ,” writes Bob Saenz, screenwriter of “Extracurricular Activities” and a series of Christmas movies.
“It’s riding with people who control everything and you, as a writer, are not that person,” Bob writes in his book That’s Not The Way It Works. “But you do have control over the quality of the ride—through the quality of your work.
And now some math. On average, 80,000 scripts are registered with the US Copyright Office each year. These scripts do not disappear, but they join the pile of texts recorded in earlier years.
About 15,000 films are produced each year, of which only about 300 (three hundred) have their premieres in cinemas.
About 400 movies are streamed annually , and another 150 are sent to cable television.
So, looking at pure mathematics: 80,000 scripts registered annually – 850 films a year have their public premiere. Unfortunately, I do not have such data from Poland, but you can see the proportions.
Haven’t you given up yet? Still want to learn how to write a screenplay? That’s good.
Because you’re going to need a really great script to get through that sieve.
Through the eyes of Polish screenwriters
I’ve been living in a fantasy world since I was a child. I was passionate about the amazing stories and worlds created by writers and filmmakers. I quickly started writing my own. In fact, I’ve been writing stories since I learned how to write letters. And I’ve always loved cinema. I was fascinated by the possibility of telling stories that I would like to read and watch myself.
The ability to create something out of nothing that will have an impact on others. At some point, I found out that both of these passions (writing and fiid Sale Leads our blm) can be combined. I started reading everything I could find about filmmaking and screenwriting. Finally, at the age of 17, I went to screenwriting workshops, and then to film studies. And so I write to this day.
