tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post6097896881055413330..comments2023-10-19T17:34:21.067+01:00Comments on Jason Arnopp's Bloggery Pokery (RIP): Your Script Is Not A Lottery TicketJason Arnopphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-19446643954728429422012-08-14T14:31:30.763+01:002012-08-14T14:31:30.763+01:00I like to perpetuate the idea of luck. It means wh...I like to perpetuate the idea of luck. It means when bitter writers interrogate me as to how the hell I've had things made, I can just say I've been lucky.amateuradamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-44819345384645226492012-01-13T00:52:02.615+00:002012-01-13T00:52:02.615+00:00Luck = preparation + opportunity.
BTW, I have a f...Luck = preparation + opportunity.<br /><br />BTW, I have a friend who just sold a script to a major studio, despite hardly ever leaving rural Devon. It took nine years of persistence through lots of ups and downs, but luck...not so much.solidprodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-26410211640088044152012-01-12T12:56:32.662+00:002012-01-12T12:56:32.662+00:00Excellent advice, much appreciated. Thank you.Excellent advice, much appreciated. Thank you.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745199648604340657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-87070291637695951262011-10-04T20:26:03.094+01:002011-10-04T20:26:03.094+01:00Great blog post.
On a side note Ben Dutton I am ...Great blog post. <br /><br />On a side note Ben Dutton I am alsoa screenwriter in North Wales, be great to chat to someone nearby that writes scripts. get in touch :)Robin Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508187339142316411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-5527625598953865922011-10-04T13:35:21.318+01:002011-10-04T13:35:21.318+01:00Some good advice Mr. Arnopp.
As someone toiling a...Some good advice Mr. Arnopp.<br /><br />As someone toiling at the furnace - a script in the BBC Writersroom offices at the moment, and another one being cooked up - it is easy to feel envious of those that have made it already - and made it seem easy. We should all know it isn't easy, that we never see all those unproduced (and sometimes terrible) scripts that are locked away in the rejection drawer .<br /><br />I live in the wilds of North Wales, and up here it's tough to make connections with those already in the industry - and connections do matter to a degree. But I agree that it matters more that your script be the best it can be - that each line sizzles, that each scene propels you into the next, that you keep the reader (viewer) hooked. I believe, and I may be wrong, that great writing early on in your career will take you much further than any contact. <br /><br />I once knew the head of production for MGM Studios (the man commissioned the original Star Trek, Mission: Impossible and Man From Atlantis) and he told me he could get me into MGM as a writer but the only thing that would matter was whether my script was well-written. If my scripts were terrible I’d be out on my behind, even though I’d come in on the say-so of a truly important player. It always, always comes down to how good the script is.<br /><br />And on that note, I must get back to my script.Ben Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626732284749728398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-21358819189242972702011-10-04T12:52:37.268+01:002011-10-04T12:52:37.268+01:00Bravo! Well said, Sir...Bravo! Well said, Sir...Jimbohttp://twitter.com/juicyformatsnoreply@blogger.com