There's hard-won truth in these quotes from multi-hyphenate Tony Tost ( https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5136004/bio ): " [Industry Folks] are looking for cheap original voices to staff on their shows, or to adapt their intellectual properties, or to develop a vehicle for a specific actor or actress or director. And those are the jobs that you need to string together to start having a career." "Largely, I subscribe to David Milch of Deadwood's advice: do a ton of research, then forget it, and then use your imagination."
Screenwriting : Re. Tony Tost - writer, producer, showrunner by JJ Hillard
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Thanks for posting this, JJ! Tony told the truth!
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If you have an original voice that Hollywood thinks they can capitalize off of, I wouldn't sell yourself so cheaply....
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I read that, then read that only 25 spec scripts were bought by the big boys.Very depressing !
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Tony Tost's script principles is probably the best advice for beginning screenwriters like myself.
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Dan. Tony distills screenwriting tips like 40 year old scotch. I printed his tips, posted them on the wall.
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Where can I find his script principles? Peter Roach
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Maddison, I pulled it from here and printed it.
https://twitter.com/tonytost/status/1321861121544921089
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Peter Roach Just pulled it! Thanks so much!