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Film Courage: What if a writer believes that Hollywood has not created anything new in the last 20 years (anything original) and that a lot of…I mean awful is a strong word…but they have a bitterness toward the writing and they feel Hollywood won’t give them a chance?
Carole Kirschner, Entertainment Career Coach, Speaker & Author: They’re not going to get a chance with that attitude. If you feel like nothing good has been written in 20 years, who wants to talk to you? And you feel that your thing is the best thing that’s been written in 20 years, you’re probably delusional and people will run in the other direction.
Film Courage: What if someone wants to write something more conservative and they feel that their values don’t line up?
Carole: Find a place where your values will line up, find the outlet where your values will line up. Look at what that company has produced and go toward the place where they’re making content that feels like it shares your values.
Film Courage: What mindset or attitude should a writer have?
Carole: Optimistic, excited without being annoying, interested in the other person…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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About:
Carole Kirschner spent fifteen years as a television development executive. A former Vice President of Television for Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Entertainment and a Comedy Development exec at CBS, she’s had the privilege of working with some of the most respected writers in the industry.
Switching to the other side of the desk she became a consultant and created and runs the CBS/Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, which has helped launch the careers of more than eighty television writers of color, including 14 showrunners. Because of her work with CBS she was asked to help writer/producer Jeff Melvoin as he developed the curriculum for the WGA Showrunner Training Program and as the Director has been running the Program for 18 years.
Ms. Kirschner, through her career coaching practice, Carole Kirschner Entertainment Career Strategies (carolekirschner dot com) works primarily with screenwriters who are stuck or need help navigating the political landscape. She recently launched the successful online course, “How to Pitch a TV Show That Sells” and is gearing up for her new online course, “Get the F Unstuck: Break Through and Create Your Ideal Hollywood Career” in late spring. She is also an international speaker and her book, Hollywood Game Plan: How to Land a Job in Film, TV and Digital Entertainment is taught in colleges across the country.
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