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A passion for the work and a desire to work in the industry. And I'll go a step further and seize on the word "passable". Would you rather watch a show that's
by jjulius 3y ago
A passion for the work and a desire to work in the industry.
And I'll go a step further and seize on the word "passable". Would you rather watch a show that's simply good enough to "pass" as a show, or something of higher quality? Plenty of people can write something that you could pass off as a show, but I'd imagine that that number drops as you reach for something of a higher caliber.
- zeroCalories 3y agoThere are plenty of people with passion. That's not significant leverage. As for quality, it's not clear to me that current shows/movies are even that good in terms of writing. If you are a truly talented writer that can make/break a work you should have similar leverage to a director or lead actor, but studios don't think you are and that's why you're in a union. Maybe if your buddies that are actually talented gave a creditable threat of committing career suicide that would be good leverage, but it doesn't seem like a real threat when top talent will always be paid well.
- jjulius 3y ago>There are plenty of people with passion. That's not significant leverage. Passion "for the work", not necessarily simply writing a show itself. I'm talking about being in a writer's room with others for eight-plus hours a day, dealing with the opinions of others, being OK with having your ideas axed because some producer didn't like it for whatever reason, the process of pitching ideas, and everything else the job entails.
- zeroCalories 3y agoThat's the same with any creative job. Being an actor isn't easy, but there are still hordes of people that will work 100 hour weeks.