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Thoughts on the professional screenwriting life by Erik Bork

"Talent" is overrated

Erik | May 29, 2009

Because screenwriting is such a competitive field, and a “tournament profession,” where there are a very limited number of  paid jobs compared to the vast numbers of people who want to be doing it for a living — and a system designed to keep most of them “out” until they can demonstrate the sellability of [...]

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T.V. Staff Writing Workshop

Erik | May 14, 2009

This event is put on by Scriptwriters Network, on June 20, 2009 at CBS Radford Studios.  I’ll be acting as a “showrunner” helping attendees craft a pitch for a new drama series in a limited amount of time, as an exercise on “working in the room” on a television staff. Should be fun! http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.org/swn/index.php?mact=Calendar,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01year=2009&cntnt01month=5&cntnt01event_id=85&cntnt01display=event&cntnt01lang=en_GB&cntnt01detailpage=65&cntnt01return_id=51&cntnt01returnid=65

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