Thanks, Joe, for another great post. This was very insightful and filled in a lot of gaps in my understanding of the writer and producer roles.
What I also found interesting is that these insights could tie into your recent AI series. I'm noticing the use of AI to skip the learning steps and instead asking AI to complete a task while bypassing the learning essentials of the role for growth needed for promotion.
Did you happen to find this in your AI series research so far? Or perhaps any observations in today's writers?
This is an excellent primer on the Hollywood writer's career path - as it used to be. I understand from my colleagues that because there are a) fewer shows, b) fewer positions within those shows, c) less time to be in the writer's room actually breaking scripts, d) no mentorship then the opportunities for new writers is becoming null.
While this is my modus operandi, I am going to have to advocate for writers, directors, producers to produce independently of the studio system(ic breakdown) and make their own media that they control 100% and receive the lions share of the rewards - actual production experience, accolades, independence, and yes, financial. If Hollywood today is not going to allow you to master your craft and stabilize a precarious financial operation (fewer shows = more at stake financially with each show) then it is smart and healthy to seek opportunity elsewhere.
I love the Hollywood system where you could write and hustle and learn to make entertaining shows and movies. It used to be geared toward that goal - entertain first. Sadly, that Hollywood no longer exists.
Thanks, Joe, for another great post. This was very insightful and filled in a lot of gaps in my understanding of the writer and producer roles.
What I also found interesting is that these insights could tie into your recent AI series. I'm noticing the use of AI to skip the learning steps and instead asking AI to complete a task while bypassing the learning essentials of the role for growth needed for promotion.
Did you happen to find this in your AI series research so far? Or perhaps any observations in today's writers?
This is an excellent primer on the Hollywood writer's career path - as it used to be. I understand from my colleagues that because there are a) fewer shows, b) fewer positions within those shows, c) less time to be in the writer's room actually breaking scripts, d) no mentorship then the opportunities for new writers is becoming null.
While this is my modus operandi, I am going to have to advocate for writers, directors, producers to produce independently of the studio system(ic breakdown) and make their own media that they control 100% and receive the lions share of the rewards - actual production experience, accolades, independence, and yes, financial. If Hollywood today is not going to allow you to master your craft and stabilize a precarious financial operation (fewer shows = more at stake financially with each show) then it is smart and healthy to seek opportunity elsewhere.
I love the Hollywood system where you could write and hustle and learn to make entertaining shows and movies. It used to be geared toward that goal - entertain first. Sadly, that Hollywood no longer exists.
Wow, I want to really thank you for this JMS!
It’s getting me to think of mastery in any kind of creativity.
Maybe being an Indie isn’t as great as I once thought, because where do you learn mastery, except masters teach you…
Thank you!
That sounds like a lot of work over a long time.