Guest Blog: Surviving Hollywood
Posted on | May 20, 2010 | No Comments
Here’s an excellent guest blog on John August‘s site; it’s written by George Sloan, a writer’s assistant on How I Met Your Mother. It’s an insightful and witty piece on how to not only break into Hollywood but how to survive.
Here’s Sloan picture-perfect description of the industry:
“I think of Hollywood as a giant, freezing-cold, bacteria-ridden whirlpool. On the outside of the whirlpool, closest to the shore (and financial security), are the executives, the studio heads, the big-name actors, writers and directors. As you move towards the center, you come upon the lower-level employees. And moving further inwards still, you come to the PA’s. There’s thousands of them, all clamoring and clawing, trying desperately not to get sucked into the deep, dark hole of anonymity and sadness.”
Check out the full blog here.
Tags: George Sloan > Hollywood > How I Met Your Mother > John August > production assistant > Screenwriting > writer's assistant
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