Create Your Own Screen Culture
Where Your Story Meets the Moment
Everyone has a story inside them. For some, it’s deeply buried, consciously or unconsciously, and affects their everyday lives. And for people like you, it’s just dying to be written. Screenwriters who break in with that “unamakeable” or “too personal” or “no-one will like it” script, often leave an indelible mark on screen culture. You need to “keep on trucking” or “keep on writing” as the metaphor goes.
There’s something unique, personal, and vulnerable about your work. It looks like a regular script, but it feels different – more elated somehow. It showcases who you are are a storyteller.
This is where the industry is at right now. The remake and IP wave may be tapering in favor of art. The financial risks of high-priced IP aren’t paying off as much as they used to. That’s right. We said it. Creative executives are clamoring for something they haven’t seen before that excites them.
As creatives, we all have our influencers that shape our constantly-evolving tastes. Legendary filmmakers should serve as your inspiration and a springboard to you finding your place on the screenwriters leaderboard. Your job isn’t to become the next Scorsese or Cregger. It should be to become the next version of you. Future filmmakers should reference your work when asked what inspired them to become filmmakers.