Link reblogged from Screenwriting Inspiration with 15 notes
In Getting There: A Book of Mentors, the lauded creator candidly reveals his years of struggleand his eventual path to success.“The most defeatist thing I hear is, “I’m going to give it a couple of years.” You can’t set a clock for yourself. If you do, you are not a writer. You should want it so badly that you don’t have a choice. You have to commit for the long haul. There’s no shame in being a starving artist. Get a day job, but don’t get too good at it. It will take you away from your writing. “