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Every now and then there will be some "breakthough" writer who will get an obscene sum for a script (Troy Duffy got $500,000 for Boondock Saints, some guy in town for a week from NY got $750,000- it was in Variety recently, can't find his name). Anyway- FORGET IT. Not gonna happen. Not for awhile, at the very least. For every Joe Esterhas or Robert Towne there's thousands of people who will never come close to those huge numbers. But don't worry- you can still make a bundle. Of all the screenwriters I knew the average price for a screenplay was about $50,000. That's a studio feature. On average. One friend sold a script for $10,000 and was thrilled, another friend sold one for $200,000- but it was his seventh script with the studio. Plus once you sell a script you'll get into the Writer's Guild and get all sort of benefits and things. So, it takes time. But in any industry you need to climb the ladder, writing movies is no different. Don't let those people who use trampolines to get to the top discourage you- they have nothing to grab onto on the way down.
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And remember- no matter what ANYONE says, not your next door neighbor or the head of Warner Bros.- keep at it. Eventually, you will succeed- Last edited by WriteNow; 02-27-2010 at 06:37 PM. |
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