That voice. Rougher than a dried up gravel road.

How can you tell if you have great material or not?

But isn’t great material subjective material? I never understood this analogy really.

I really like Andy’s approach, it just « feels right » to me. Been watching his channel after finding him on here and i think he’s really gonna help me

No wonder so mamy Gen z ers nowadasy hate comedy. Cuz we aint able to love the art we hate the part. It’s as if we can’t separate the entertainment from the suffering part, and we drive thin lines between jokes and insults. Offensive because we take it as such, funny valuable to those having the ability to separate joke and insult

Comedy is Teuth and Pain made me think

When Ken talks about guilt or being afraid with pursuing something, this reminds me of how my parents were so persistent in discouraging any kind of artistic endeavor. They would constantly mention how I would turn into a starving artist, and live on the streets because they dont make that much money. Even to this day, I ruminate on how things could have turned out had I just been given a little push towards an interest rather than away. Probably too old to do anything about it now, very thought provoking video, well done.

I have one Good movie story how to sell it??? Plz tell me🙏

I managed not to save my files at WriterSolo and lost the most important improvement I had ever accomplished, ever. I knew already I would need, at the very least, four other scripts like this... Now, I need to redo this one as well, basically from the most problematic part I had just solved. I wish I could turn that into motivation instead of the sheer shock I can't stop experiencing. I'm sure other folks have been through that. Obviously, I set everything to save and email me automatically, every new keystroke or minute idle. Still can't look at these pages and not cringe. So, I really need some broader perspective right now. Thanx.

Tack!

Protect this man at all costs. Film Courage should be on TV. Absolutely fantastic

In the wake of ChatGPT the credibility around the self publishing industry has dived. Interested to know your comments.

Great interview! If only Disney and Hollywood could relearn that they need to sell an idea to the people, not to shove 'the message' down our throats. Marvel, lord of the rings, Indiana Jones, willow, the Witcher, star wars, star trek, are all woke and ultra left now, that's why they're garbage and all lose money. That's why half of content watched now is from before the current far woke era.

A lot of good information in this one,, literally & metaphorically if you read between the lines. Really great work, as much as it is Thursday. 📕 ✍️

Lol. "We did it like this, but you can't do that anymore. Then I sold enough to survive a year, which wouldn't be enough anymore".

How to make it in the industry -- have fate intervene when you call to pitch your script. That sounds about right. But it won't work today, so good luck getting in...

*SUMMARY OF HIS ADVICE:* 1. Have great material! Just good is not enough. _(makes sense)_ 2. Make sure your planets are aligned. Because it is all about luck! _(sucks for the people in Africa)_ 3. Everything used to be better in the past. _(GEN. Z, you are screwed.)_ 4. Learn to be a sales person --alongside of being a writer. _(which is great advice)_ 5. Always be pro-active. Do not wait for people to find you, go after them! _(Be shameless, yet civilized)_ 6. Make sure to remember writing for the audience, not just yourself. _(Something we all sometimes forget)_

The 'screenshot' for me is that screenplay "...is not about chronological, logical or psychological, but dramatic order." And, "It's a wrap!"

Very motivating AND pragmatic. I think it's important to remember that the sales of subscriptions or streaming or whatever the case is... THAT is what enables a writer to be paid. Like Andy I never wanted to be in sales, but when the stars align just right, you get to pitch something you REALLY Believe in. THAT one thing makes selling easy. You have to be so convinced of the value of the story that the person hearing the pitch or reading the treatment can't help but get excited too! If you get lucky enough to have THAT happen then things will happen. I tried for years to sell science fiction short stories and got tons of rejection letters. I finally got published while I was an instructor at an Army Aviation school and it was in a technical journal (Aviation Digest). To this day I believe it was because the editor could tell how much I enjoyed my job. It came through in the article, heck she practically told me as much when we met.

Thanks for the advice Magnum W.G.A.

This is so fantastic. I am just so grateful for your channel and this interview is just gold, to me!

Lol I love David Fincher's movies but very much agree that Mank was mediocre. I haven't seen The Killer, but it looks like Fincher indulges hours weaknesses in that as well and isn't very appealing to me.

You go read the screenplay for Pulp Fiction or True Romance, one of the best and most memorable movies of the 90s; as a text both are pretty basic pieces of material. Any English graduate with a sense of humor and a city hustle lingo can produce them. The genius thing is to come up with the original story concept and how you materialize it into cinematography.. goes without saying your actors, editing and music play essentially roles! Believe me, the process of assembling your script is PRETTY FUCKING EASY once you have your idea together. This dude is talking pure corporate bullisht, in his world the scripts of Morbeius is professional 🤡

It's pretty disheartening to hear that industry professionals have the attention span of an 11-year-old scrolling through Instagram watching dogs run into windows. Even more disheartening to hear that they incorporate their child-like attention span into assessing a story. Perhaps this sort of logic is the reason why so much film is shit and most features flop faster than a fish out of water. Fuck my life this industry has become sad and depressing. Imagine if these folks were the ones reading stories like "Alien" or "The Shawshank Redemption" for the first time. We would never have been able to see what we do today.

I love this hard truth of information.

Awesome content as usual! Thanks Andy and Film Courage

He didn’t say anything helpful

From my recall of the scuttlebutt, Hollywood began in an abandoned roadside diner :-)

What a great idea! I really enjoyed hearing snippets from a variety of people you've interviewed over the years on the same topic. Timely too as I am starting a creative studio to develop my own transmedia projects.

Who is the man who with the tapestry on his wall.