Don't get conned by the Hollywood Con Man. Ongoing tips to help you avoid getting conned. Learn the facts from the fiction.
Your first job in Hollywood WILL suck – I guarantee it – but you will learn many invaluable lessons and start to build a network that you can rely on to help you move up.
If you want your work to be seen (and eventually bought) you have to come with an original idea. Derivative work, from young creatives, winds up in the scrap heap of bad ideas and the irrelevant.
“Talent” is misused all the time. People use the word as if it’s something divinely bestowed, only graced to a select few. “He’s such a talented director.” “She’s such a talented writer.” The truth is no one comes out of the womb blocking a big set piece or writing the next Pulitzer or Oscar winner.
The eight verticals of Hollywood have existed for a long time. They date back to the late 1960s with the exception of reality TV. Don’t let an enterprising producer con you into a vertical you have no interest in.
I know what you’re thinking. “How could drugs, alcohol, and infidelity help your career?” Simple: They aren’t my drugs, alcohol, and infidelity. …
