Fantastic interview. It's always good hearing from people who are vets in the industry. Especially when they are optimistic, kind and still goin strong creating what they love.
After a time of depression/anger, I attack life in a new direction. As a teacher I usually got students to address failure/rejection as just a fact of life and that there are always alternatives (Spock reference).
As you can tell, I'm more into creating television than I do for movies. It doesn't matter what genre (whether it be drama, comedy, action, etc.), I always love to create something for TV. I like to try to make all my shows story-driven and cinematic at the same times. Now if I do work for TV, I would truly love to work for Warner Bros.. Seems like a nice to work. For movies? Definitely Universal (and maybe Lionsgate).
How many tv scripts have you written? Have done any script contest? One of the interesting ones was by Nickelodeon does an apprenticeship for minority writers. They have you write a spec script for something still on the air from any network.
@@gutenbird I've only written 1, but soon, I will do five more. If only I wasn't so busy or gotten lazy. And no, I haven't been in any script contests. Kinda wish I was though.
@@kenrickbautista6141 I did one contest for spec tv script. Didn’t win but it was a lot of fun. Actually got to talk to one of the writers or staff who read some of the scripts. He was very nice. I’ve written other stuff but no scripts. It was a good excuse. Also was forced to learn some formatting. I used Final Draft which is helpful but I still had to learn script instruction. Do you have a background in writing such as school. I don’t.
@@gutenbird that's great! And I did join a film club back in high school. It was fun. Let's just say I have a huge imagination, and I been watching llts of TV and movies, which led to my interest in writing.
@@kenrickbautista6141 Hope it works out. Might have to find another contest just for the challenge. I’m pretty confident I won’t win but there is a cool thought that someone out there is reading something you wrote.
I don’t know if I could be a television writer. As an unapologetic perfectionist, I can’t just crank out a script week after week. A film writer, on the other hand, can usually take as much time as they need to write a script. A television series also usually has multiple writers working on it, but personally, I wouldn’t feel comfortable letting other writers write dialogue for characters that I created, and if I had to write dialogue for characters that I didn’t create, I would feel artistically stifled. The medium of television has certain advantages, but it doesn’t really seem to correspond with how I work.
More creative freedom in tv than movies these days because...more outlets. Also covid fears as far as going out. And this desire to constantly be woke and appeal to every country. I feel that movie studios have lost their minds in modern times.
A college professor was asked i5v he had ever been underpaid. He said he adjusted his efforts downward whsn paid less. I wondered where is his passion. tgought where is his passion
"Don't be afraid of success, because success is very nice." Interestingly put)
Fantastic interview. It's always good hearing from people who are vets in the industry. Especially when they are optimistic, kind and still goin strong creating what they love.
Ppp
“Someone says, they’re not letting me have my dream, I’ll say you’re using an excuse to avoid doing the work.”
sheesh, this guy's a MACHINE! what a work ethic!
After a time of depression/anger, I attack life in a new direction. As a teacher I usually got students to address failure/rejection as just a fact of life and that there are always alternatives (Spock reference).
Excellent. Myself as well. It's always nice to be able to point to pop culture references for students to connect with.
Loved this. Make it happen.
All his quotes should be in story clips
Great, thank you!
Great interview. I would love to see more interviews with this guy.
So good!
I got up an moved across the country and started a new life in San Diego.
Wow. That was an exciting show for it’s time.
Great interview!
As you can tell, I'm more into creating television than I do for movies. It doesn't matter what genre (whether it be drama, comedy, action, etc.), I always love to create something for TV. I like to try to make all my shows story-driven and cinematic at the same times. Now if I do work for TV, I would truly love to work for Warner Bros.. Seems like a nice to work. For movies? Definitely Universal (and maybe Lionsgate).
How many tv scripts have you written? Have done any script contest? One of the interesting ones was by Nickelodeon does an apprenticeship for minority writers. They have you write a spec script for something still on the air from any network.
@@gutenbird I've only written 1, but soon, I will do five more. If only I wasn't so busy or gotten lazy.
And no, I haven't been in any script contests. Kinda wish I was though.
@@kenrickbautista6141 I did one contest for spec tv script. Didn’t win but it was a lot of fun. Actually got to talk to one of the writers or staff who read some of the scripts. He was very nice. I’ve written other stuff but no scripts. It was a good excuse. Also was forced to learn some formatting. I used Final Draft which is helpful but I still had to learn script instruction. Do you have a background in writing such as school. I don’t.
@@gutenbird that's great! And I did join a film club back in high school. It was fun. Let's just say I have a huge imagination, and I been watching llts of TV and movies, which led to my interest in writing.
@@kenrickbautista6141 Hope it works out. Might have to find another contest just for the challenge. I’m pretty confident I won’t win but there is a cool thought that someone out there is reading something you wrote.
Marc! Great
Keep going.
Thanks
thanx a million for this one in particular
Thanks again Jacob's Lair! Great to see you finding value with this one. Marc has so much wisdom to pass on.
Great insight... From then and now°
9:00 -9:20 good note
When you encounter failure or rejection what do you do?
Depends, sometimes try not to fail the same way again, Immediately get back to it or just shelve it on the ripening shelf.
Use them as a learning opportunities, fuel for change and growth. Failure teaches us more than success ever can. Fail better!
Say to myself "On a long enough timeline I can learn this. This is a skill and I can acquire it."
This just in "times have changes." Truly groundbreaking.
I don’t know if I could be a television writer. As an unapologetic perfectionist, I can’t just crank out a script week after week. A film writer, on the other hand, can usually take as much time as they need to write a script. A television series also usually has multiple writers working on it, but personally, I wouldn’t feel comfortable letting other writers write dialogue for characters that I created, and if I had to write dialogue for characters that I didn’t create, I would feel artistically stifled. The medium of television has certain advantages, but it doesn’t really seem to correspond with how I work.
More creative freedom in tv than movies these days because...more outlets. Also covid fears as far as going out. And this desire to constantly be woke and appeal to every country. I feel that movie studios have lost their minds in modern times.
A college professor was asked i5v he had ever been underpaid. He said he adjusted his efforts downward whsn paid less. I wondered where is his passion. tgought where is his passion
Wow a lot of great shows under this mans mind
8 people are afraid of success
There’s probably never been a character in a movie or TV show who’s just randomly sneezed or coughed while talking.