Screenwriting: such an exciting and glamorous gig. There you are sitting on your laptop tinkering away on dialogue that is going to SLAY ‘em. You do lunch in awesome restaurants and have inspiring meetings with incredible people who LOVE your work. Right? Sure, sure. Believe what you like.
In truth, things are a little less romantic. I love writing for the screen. But as someone who also teaches screenwriting, I’ve got eight tips here that you won’t find in the text books: